Prague may boycott EU-Africa summit due to presence of Mugabe

The Czech Republic is considering boycotting an EU-Africa summit due to the expected presence of the controversial president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Lidove noviny reported. The United Kingdom is so far the only European Union state which has announced plans to boycott the conference, due to take place in Portugal in December. Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra described Mr Mugabe as a "dictator with a capital D". He said Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek might stay away from the summit, in which case the Czech Republic would only send a low-level delegation.