Czech foreign minister to travel to Vatican in late April

Jan Kohout, the Czech foreign minister, will travel to the Vatican on April 28. Mr. Kohout discussed the trip and relations between the Czech state and the Catholic Church with the new archbishop of Prague, Dominik Duka, on Tuesday. The Czech Republic is the only EU member state that has not yet signed a treaty with the Vatican. On a visit to the Vatican in November, Prime Minister Jan Fischer said that his caretaker cabinet would not be able to resolve the issue. Mr. Fischer said that this was the task of the government that will be formed after the general elections this May.