Foreign Minister Jan Kavan told the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on 26 April that Prague will not support the proposal to expel Russia from the Council of Europe over human rights violations in Chechnya.
Published:
1 May 2000 y., Monday
The daily "Hospodarske noviny" on 27 April says Kavan told the committee that Russia's isolation could foster "even more radical policies" being pursued by Moscow.
Kavan said that the Czech position must not be viewed as "a policy of concessions, but an effort to reach a dialogue. We must sharply criticize Russia...but this makes sense only if the criticized side is present," he said.
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