British Foreign Secretary urges Czech to fulfill EU mandate at London G20 Summit

In related news, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that it is crucial that the Czech government fulfils its role as chief representative of the European Union at the upcoming G20 Summit in London. Mr Miliband said it was important that, despite the current political upheaval in the Czech Republic, Mr Topolánek’s government fulfilled its mandate at next month’s G20 Summit. The summit of leaders from the world’s largest and fastest developing economies is seen as an occasion for leaders to devise a common strategy to overcome the current global financial crisis.