Slovakia’s new president to visit Czechia on June 26

Slovakia’s newly-inaugurated president, Peter Pellegrini will pay a state visit to Czechia on June 26. President Pellegrini, who took office on Saturday, confirmed the planned visit in a discussion program on the Slovak public broadcaster RTVS. Mr. Pellegrini said that in an earlier conversation with the Czech head of state, President Pavel had hinted that the visit could be a symbol of reconciliation between the two countries following the Czech cabinet's decision in March to suspend intergovernmental consultations with Slovakia. The two countries, which have exceptionally close ties, disagree on the question of providing military aid to Ukraine. The Slovak government recently stopped all state-funded military aid to the country.