President Pavel to visit Germany and Italy

President Petr Pavel will undertake a working visit to Germany and Italy next week, according to a statement released by the Presidential Office.  In Berlin, he is scheduled to meet with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellevue Palace. Following bilateral talks, Pavel and Steinmeier will attend a reception honoring the winners of the Czech-German competition Never Again! organized by the Czech-German Fund for the Future to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Czech head of state is also expected to take part in a commemorative ceremony at Berlin’s Plötzensee Memorial.

In Rome, the Czech head of state will attend a conference focused on the reconstruction of Ukraine.