President ‘ready to support’ proposed Czech foreign missions in 2010

Czech President Václav Klaus is ready to support proposals for Czech troops’ foreign missions in 2010, a spokesperson from the presidential office told press on Tuesday. The announcement was made after the president met interim Defence Minister Martin Barták and head of the Czech army Vlastimil Picek on Tuesday morning. According to Prague Castle spokesman Radim Ochvat, in the course of the meeting, proposals for the Czech army’s foreign missions next year were outlined to the president, who found the draft ‘reasonable’ and was ready to support it. Defence Minister Martin Barták said last week that a vote should be taken on the Czech Republic’s foreign missions in the lower house in June.