Czech Republic wants to organize donors’ conference in aid of Georgia

The Czech Republic is interested in holding a donors’ conference in aid of war-torn Georgia. Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said on Sunday that such a conference should take place as soon as possible, ideally by the end of the year. Minister Schwarzenberg said he hoped it would take place in Prague but that several countries had expressed interest in hosting it, in which case the Czech Republic would be happy to cooperate with any of them. The Czech government recently earmarked 150 million crowns in aid to Georgia.