Heads of Czech and Polish diplomacy to hold talks ahead of V4 meeting in Prague

The heads of Czech and Polish diplomacy will meet on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation, the situation in the Visegrad Group (V4 - Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary) or assistance to Ukraine in resisting the Russian aggression. The talks are taking place ahead of Thursday’s meeting of V4 foreign ministers in Prague. The V4 regional alliance is increasingly divided on the war in Ukraine. While Czech foreign Minister Jan Lipavský and Poland’s Radoslaw  Sikorský are united in their opposition to Russia, Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár and his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó recently met with Russian diplomatic chief Sergei Lavrov, who is on the EU sanctions list.