Egyptian Foreign Minister meets Czech counterpart Schwarzenberg

Wednesday saw the Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit pay an official visit to Prague. At a meeting with Czech Foreign Minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, he stated that Egypt would be supporting the Czech bid for one of the non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council. The Czech Republic is up against Croatia for the seat, which will be voted upon on 16th October.

The two foreign ministers also discussed Isreali-Palestinian relations, the coming Czech presidency of the European Union, and Czech tourism to Egypt, among other matters. At the meeting, Mr. Gheit presented Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg with an invitation to Egypt.