UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Prague

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon who is on a two-day visit to the Czech Republic on Thursday met for talks with Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek. They discussed the implications of the Crimea crisis, the Czech Republic’s offer to send troops to the U.N. observer mission in the Golan Heights as well as issues relating to climate change and human rights. On Friday the UN Secretary General will meet with Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and President Miloš Zeman. He is also due to give a lecture at Charles University on the topic “The Czech Republic and the UN: Peace, Development and Human Rights in a Changing World.”