Czechia's top constitutional officials meet ahead of NATO summit

Czechia's top constitutional officials met on Monday to coordinate ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in Washington. President Petr Pavel, who will be representing Czechia at the summit, said at a press conference after the meeting that the crucial thing would be for all members of the alliance to remain united in their approach to security challenges.

Important agenda items he mentioned for the summit were strengthening defence and deterrence capabilities, agreeing on a long-term comprehensive support package for Ukraine, and creating a comprehensive strategy and approach towards relations with Russia. He also cited strengthening cooperation with NATO's Indo-Pacific partners, namely Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan, which he said made "absolute sense" given that they shared the same democratic values, global security concerns and economic challenges as NATO and EU countries.