Czech diplomat spoke to PAP on the sidelines of the summit donors to Syria, which took place in London. In the course of the Czech Republic pledged to contribute 6.3 million euros to the EU fund Madate, who runs support programs in countries affected by the refugee crisis, including Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and the countries of the Western Balkans. This is the largest donation among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe – Hungary committed to a $ 5 million euro investment in Syria, while Slovakia and Poland shall communicate to the humanitarian assistance sequentially 4.7 and 4.5 million.
Responding to the emerging towards the countries of Central and Eastern European criticism that the intended measures are small in comparison with other European Union countries, Prouza stressed that “if you look at the this commitment through the prism of per capita GDP, it is not so small “. – Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries have a long tradition of foreign aid; we devote some funding from our budget reserve – he said.
The crisis migration
– Financial support is our duty. If the European Union wants to actively seek a solution to this crisis, we can not simply say that all others have to pay – said the Czech minister.
– The Visegrad Group since the beginning of the crisis under stressed that we need to stop the influx of migrants and make it able to stay in the region. Czech humanitarian support solutions through contributions like this today, as well as bilateral support to the refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. As the only country in the European Union we also have an open and active embassy in Damascus, which is our commitment to the non-financial crisis – said the diplomat.
From the beginning of the crisis, migration, within the framework of non-financial support also among the Czechs handed its transport aircraft CASA and financed more than 60 officials from the asylum, who are working in refugee camps, and also founded several dozen scholarships for Syrian students wishing to educate themselves on the Czech universities.
“emergency brake”
When asked about the ongoing negotiations on the British plan for the reform of the European Union, Prouza said that the Czech government “in principle, endorses the solutions”, but stressed that it remained to be determined “minor technical matters.”
– The key is to determine the length of the so-called. emergency brake. If you restrict access to benefits would last for four or five years, we are ready to understand it. However, if the United Kingdom will be pushed to seven years, which in addition can be two or three times to prolong it would be unacceptable – he stressed.
“The EU must be much stronger”
Prouza stressed that negotiations should sound a strong voice of Central and Eastern Europe. – We are working on the joint statement of the Visegrad Group, perhaps with the Baltic states, Romania and Bulgaria. It should be ready by the end of next week – he said, adding that the Czechs – like Poland and Hungary – will not accept solutions discriminate against workers from other Member States who work in the UK.
As estimated, the European Union must be “much stronger”, especially when it comes to influence the eastern and southern borders of the community, and “should be so for many years,” and any output the UK “would have the opposite effect: weaken us and meant that we would be more susceptible to crises. “
(Video – Defence Minister: it is necessary permanent presence of NATO’s eastern flank / Source: TVN24 / x-news)
Czech diplomat also stressed that Poland can count on the support of the Czech government in its efforts to the constant presence of NATO forces in Poland. – We do not feel the need to [its territory], but absolutely will support Poland during the [scheduled for July] summit in Warsaw – said the Minister Prouza.
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