MPs extend British military training mission in Czech Republic

The lower house of the Czech Parliament on Friday extended the term of a British military training mission in the Czech Republic until 2015. The motion was supported by MPs from all parties in the house but the communists. Communist deputy Václav Exner told reporters his party opposed the presence of any foreign troops on Czech territory.

The British military training and advisory mission, consisting of around 30 experts, has organized courses for military staff from various NATO countries and members of NATO’s Partnership for Peace programme at a Czech army base in Vyškov, in southern Moravia, since 2000. The British mission also assists in the training of Czech army officers.