FM Macinka to seek delay in decision on Czech NATO summit delegation

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists) says he will ask Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) to delay a decision on the country’s delegation to July’s NATO summit in Ankara until after a key meeting of alliance defence ministers in mid-June. Speaking on the new streaming current affairs programme Noon with Moravec (Poledne s Moravcem), Macinka said the defence ministers’ meeting would help shape the summit agenda, making it more sensible for Prague to wait before finalising who will attend. The move comes amid an ongoing dispute between Babiš and President Petr Pavel over representation at the summit.