The countries of the “Visegrad group” are keen to show their unity in the face of the war in Ukraine

Zuzana Caputova, Slovak President, Andrzej Duda, Polish President, Janos Ader, President of Hungary and Czech President, Milos Zeman whose countries are part of the Visegrad Group.

AP - Jakub Szymczuk

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Gathered in a castle at the gates of Prague, the heads of diplomacy of the countries of the "Visegrad group" (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary) as well as Slovenia wanted to show their unity in the face of the war in Ukraine and to put aside disputes with the Hungarian government on the issue.

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The Czech Republic is preparing to assume the European presidency just after France this summer and the Czech Foreign Minister, Jan Lipavsky, has indicated that one of the objectives of this presidency will be to put an end to imports of Russian oil.

He also announced the organization of an international conference to collect donations to help Ukraine, which according to him needs a “ 

 ”.

This informal meeting comes a few days after

prompted Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova to cancel her participation in a meeting in Budapest.

Hungary, considered pro-Russian by the countries of the Visegrad group

The

, which, like Slovakia and

, undertakes to help the Ukrainian army militarily, takes a dim view of the attitude considered pro-Russian by the Hungarian government, which has not opened its border with the Ukraine for the delivery of weapons, according to Jana Cernochova.

On the Slovak side, the government announced on Tuesday that the NATO battle group on its soil could include more soldiers than expected, up to 3,000 soldiers under Czech command.

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