Czech prime minister kicks off US trip with visit to CIA headquarters

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala kicked off his US trip on Monday with a visit to the CIA headquarters in Virginia, where he discussed the current global security situation with the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, William J. Burns. The heads of all three Czech intelligence services and national security advisor Tomáš Pojar also participated in the meeting.

The prime minister described the morning as having been "very successful" and said the invitation was a sign of the high degree of trust that the US places in Czechia and of the US's appreciation of the cooperation between the two countries in the field of security.

Mr. Fiala is in the United States on a two-day visit, the highlight of which is a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House.