Cabinet may revise decision to close down several embassies

The Cabinet will meet on Monday to decide the fate of a number of Czech embassies and consulates around the world which have been slated for closure within cost-cutting measures stemming from the economic crisis. According to a decision made in October the country should close down its embassies in Angola, Zimbabwe, Columbia, Canada and Brazil as well as its consulate in Sydney, Australia. The planned move has evoked a wave of protests, particularly as concerns the closure of the consulate in Sydney. The cabinet also came under fire from the foreign affairs committee in the Chamber of Deputies for failing to consult the decision.