Diplomacy chief urges Czechs interested in repatriation from Israel to contact embassy

On his return from Israel, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said negotiations were underway to secure the repatriation of dozens of Czechs from the country since the capacity of commercial flights out of Israel had decreased.

Mr. Lipavský, who brought back 34 Czech nationals on a government flight on Tuesday, urged Czechs who have failed to get on a flight out of Israel to contact the Czech Embassy in Tel Aviv.

He said it was compiling a list of people interested in repatriation and the ministry would find ways to get them out of the country.

The ministry says 181 Czech nationals in Israel are presently registered on its travel data base DROZD.