Minister Lipavský: not yet time to resume intergovernmental consultations with Slovakia

According to Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský the time has not yet come to resume intergovernmental consultations with Slovakia. In a debate on TV Prima Mr. Lipavsky said this was a decision that would have to be reached by mutual consent when the time is deemed right. Despite the close relations between the former sister states, there has been a cool in relations in recent months. The cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Fiala suspended intergovernmental consultations with Slovakia in March of this year because of differences of opinion on key foreign policy issues, particularly on the war in Ukraine. Minister Lipavský said that nevertheless relations between the countries are still close, citing his June visit to Bratislava or the joint visits of the Czech and Slovak presidents to Iowa in September.