Israeli President concludes Czech state visit

Israeli President Shimon Peres has concluded a two-day state visit to the Czech Republic on Tuesday, meeting the outgoing Prime Minister and former president Václav Havel. Following a meeting with Czech counterpart Václav Klaus on Monday, Mr Peres said he expected significant progress in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this year. He later visited the Terezín memorial to victims of the Jewish Holocaust. The Terezín fortress was used as an assembly camp for Jews before they were sent by the Nazis to their deaths in concentration camps.