Fiala meets with American OSCE representatives

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala met with representatives of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) at the Office of Government on Tuesday, which focused around the deepening of Czech-American relations, defence cooperation, helping Ukraine and the overall security situation in Europe. After the meeting, the Czech head of government informed via Twitter that nuclear energy and his country’s interest in acquiring F-35 fighter jets was also brought up.

The meeting follows up on earlier Czech interest to acquire F-35s and on the announcement by US Ambassador Bijan Sabet that his country hopes to secure the Dukovany power plant nuclear deal for Westinghouse.

The CSCE, which is also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, is an independent US government agency set up to monitor compliance with the 1975 Helsinki Accords as well as wider cooperation with Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) members. The American delegation, led by Congressman Steve Cohen, is set to now visit the parliamentary meeting of the OSCE in Vienna.