(ANSA-AFP) - PRAGUE, 04 MAG - Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky arrived in Prague on Sunday for a two-day visit, Czech
politicians said. Czech news agency CTK said a plane carrying
Zelensky and his wife Olena landed in Prague before midday (1000
GMT). Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky posted a picture on X
of him welcoming Zelensky with a handshake. President Petr
Pavel's office said he would receive the Ukrainian first couple
at Prague Castle on Sunday afternoon.
The Czech Republic -- a member of the European Union and NATO
-- has provided Ukraine with substantial humanitarian and
military support since it was invaded by Russia in February
2022. It has received over half a million war refugees and
supplied the Ukrainian army with equipment including tanks,
armoured vehicles and helicopters. Prague also backs a European
drive to supply artillery ammunition to Ukraine, financed
largely by NATO allies. This is designed to make up in part for
the EU's not meeting its promise to supply one million shells to
Ukraine. Pavel, a former NATO general, last received Zelensky in
Prague in 2023. Prime Minister Petr Fiala and the speakers of
both parliament chambers said they would meet Zelensky in Prague
on Monday. (ANSA-AFP).
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