{"id":4181,"date":"2018-04-04T22:09:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T21:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2020-02-04T19:45:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:45:53","slug":"senate-resolution-backs-west-in-skripal-case-to-zemans-chagrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/senate-resolution-backs-west-in-skripal-case-to-zemans-chagrin\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Resolution Backs West In Skripal Case To Zeman\u2019s Chagrin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prague, April 4 (CTK) &#8211; The Czech political representatives should express a united stance on the case of poisoning of former Russian spy in Britain for which the Western allies blame Russia, the Senate, the upper house of Czech parliament, said in a resolution it approved today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The resolution was prepared by the upper house EU affairs committee. Its head, senator Vaclav Hampl, said the resolution is a reaction to some steps of President Milos Zeman that in fact &#8220;challenged or undermined the position of the government.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hampl recalled that the upper house security committee on Tuesday condemned Zeman for ordering the counter-intelligence BIS to check whether the Novichok nerve agent was developed or stored in the Czech Republic, which Russia claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The security committee said Zeman&#8217;s gesture challenged the focus on the country&#8217;s foreign policy and the trustworthiness of its allies and helped promote a false accusation of the country made by Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The upper house EU affairs committee also appreciated the stance of the political leaders of EU countries on the Novichok case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The political leaders of EU member states supported Britain which concluded that Russia is behind the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. Moscow dismissed it. Most EU countries, including the Czech Republic, the USA and their allies expelled Russian diplomats in reaction to the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On proposal of the EU affairs committee, the Senate supported the critical stance of the European Council on Turkish illegal activity in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean related to the conflict Turkey had with Cyprus and Greece over search for gas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On the other hand, the Senate criticised the European Council for not challenging the Turkish military operations in Syria over their impact on civilians.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prague, April 4 (CTK) &#8211; The Czech political representatives should express a united stance on the case of poisoning of former Russian spy in Britain for which the Western allies blame Russia, the Senate, the upper house of Czech parliament, said in a resolution it approved today. &nbsp; The resolution was prepared by the upper &#8230; <a title=\"Senate Resolution Backs West In Skripal Case To Zeman\u2019s Chagrin\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/senate-resolution-backs-west-in-skripal-case-to-zemans-chagrin\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Senate Resolution Backs West In Skripal Case To Zeman\u2019s Chagrin\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,294,21,6,377,27,8,28,342],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate Resolution Backs West In Skripal Case To Zeman\u2019s Chagrin - Prague Business Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/senate-resolution-backs-west-in-skripal-case-to-zemans-chagrin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate Resolution Backs West In Skripal Case To Zeman\u2019s Chagrin - Prague Business Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prague, April 4 (CTK) &#8211; The Czech political representatives should express a united stance on the case of poisoning of former Russian spy in Britain for which the Western allies blame Russia, the Senate, the upper house of Czech parliament, said in a resolution it approved today. &nbsp; The resolution was prepared by the upper ... 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