President Klaus to visit Ireland

President Vaclav Klaus is to pay a three day official visit to Ireland, the president’s office announced on Wednesday. Mr. Klaus is scheduled to meet with his Irish counterpart President Mary McAleese and Prime Minister Brian Cowen. The Lisbon treaty, rejected by Irish voters in a referendum this year, is expected to be high on the agenda of the talks. President Klaus who remains strongly opposed to the treaty, welcomed the outcome of the Irish referendum saying “liberty and reason had defeated elitist plans and European bureaucracy”.