Poland and the Czech Republic will share several embassies to save money

Poland and the Czech Republic have agreed to share embassies in a number of countries where they currently lack the means to maintain separate missions. Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, who met with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski in Warsaw on Monday, said the two neighbours had agreed to debate the possibilities with other members of the Visegrad group who are also having to close down their embassies and consulates for economic reasons. It was agreed that at least one Visegrad group state – meaning the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia – should retain its embassy in all important destinations, allowing the three remaining states to open an office on the premises.