“I congratulate you on your appointment as head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and wish you success in this responsible work for the good of the republic,” RIA Novosti quotes Zeman.

On April 12, Tomas Petříček resigned from the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

It was reported that the new head of the Czech Foreign Ministry on April 21 will hold a meeting with the head of the Russian diplomatic mission in the country, Alexander Zmeevsky.