Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:47:28 +0200Czech President seeks to rebuild old ties with Central Asiahttps://english.radio.cz/czech-president-seeks-rebuild-old-ties-central-asia-8090616© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe Czech president Vaclav Klaus is on a state visit to the countries of Central Asia. After visiting the huge, mineral-rich, but sparsely populated Kazakhstan, he moved on to Kyrgyzstan, and before returning next Wednesday, will also visit Uzbekistan. According to president's spokesman, Jiri Hajek, the visit is both politically and economically very important to the Czech Republic. He points to ties going back to communist days, which the president is keen to renew. So how deep are the links between the Czech Republic and Central Asia, and how can they benefit one another? To find out more Martin Mikule talked to Merchat Sharibgan from the Kazakh Section of Radio Free Europe.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 Czech President seeks to rebuild old ties with Central Asia https://english.radio.cz/czech-president-seeks-rebuild-old-ties-central-asia-8090616 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9