German Defence minister to arrive in Czechia on Thursday

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is due to arrive in Czechia on Thursday. On Friday, he will meet with his Czech counterpart Jana Černochová to discuss, among other things, the joint purchase of some Leopard 2A8 battle tanks.

The German minister is also scheduled to visit the Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Prague – the site of the last stand of the Czechoslovak paratroopers who killed the Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich.