Lipavský: Czech-Slovak relations “above-standard”

Czech-Slovak relations are above-standard and must be nurtured, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on Tuesday after a meeting with his Slovak counterpart Juraj Blanár in Bratislava, adding that there is a will to do so is on both sides.

Mr. Lipavský also said the Czech government will "at some point" lead a discussion on the possible resumption of intergovernmental cabinet meetings with Slovakia, which were suspended in March this year due to differences over foreign policy, notably the conflicting stances on the ongoing war in Ukraine.

After taking office last year, the current Slovak government of Prime Minister Robert Fico halted all state-financed military aid to Ukraine. Mr. Fico has also previously argued that the Western countries' strategy on Ukraine has failed and that Russia cannot be defeated in a conventional war.