© freepik/bearfotos According to him, Prague doesn't say much, but it knows how to “work in a way that produces concrete results.”
The latest Czech administration, having assumed power last autumn, demonstrates less openness regarding its backing of Ukraine. Nevertheless, it persists, emphasized Lubos Veseli, the Czech Ambassador to Ukraine, Ukrinform details.
“I believe it’s evident not just from formal pronouncements that our current government, akin to its predecessor, aids Ukraine. This aspect hasn’t altered. The distinction lies in the fact that the present government communicates less about its actions (for Ukraine), yet it remains active,” he stated during the “Dialogues on Europe” forum, presently held in Transcarpathia.
According to the ambassador’s viewpoint, Prague prefers not to engage in extensive discussions, but possesses the ability to “operate in a manner that yields tangible outcomes.” He further expressed that the Czech Republic’s commitment to Ukraine endures and shall continue into the future.
Previously, Andriy Babis, the newly appointed Czech Prime Minister, conveyed that Ukraine does not represent a foremost concern for his administration. He suggested that the cessation of hostilities ought to be brokered by US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, alongside “European leaders.”
Prague and Bratislava are progressively capitalizing on internal populism, thereby impeding assistance to Ukraine and diminishing the EU’s stance. In the article “Populism and 'Orbanization' Instead of Security: Why the Czech Republic and Slovakia Are Playing into the Kremlin's Hands Against Ukraine,” Yulia Nevmerzhytska, a junior expert from the Ukrainian Prism Foreign Policy Council, scrutinizes the inclination of the Czech Republic and Slovakia towards the Orban paradigm and elucidates its advantages for the Kremlin.