President Pavel starting week-long working visit to US

Czech President Petr Pavel leaves on Monday for a week-long visit to the United States, where he will attend the NATO summit in Washington together with Defence Minister Jana Černochová, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský and Army Chief of the General Staff Karel Řehka. President Pavel will also meet with members of the US Congress and representatives of leading American institutes as well as holding a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. According to Mr. Pavel, the NATO summit should address three main areas: strengthening the alliance and fair burden-sharing, long-term support for Ukraine and strengthening cooperation with other allies.