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Bilateral Relations - stary

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Czechoslovakia recognized Jewish nationality shortly after the establishment of the Czechoslovak State in 1918 . This fact came not only from the personal initiative of the first president T.G.Masaryk but also from the position of the Czech intelligentsia, that regarded positively the desire of Jews to fulfill their dreams. As signs of support of the national recognition of the Jews Czechoslovakia hosted Congresses of World Sionistic Organization in 1921 and 1923 in Karlovy Vary

Czechoslovakia recognized Jewish nationality shortly after the establishment of the Czechoslovak State in 1918 . This fact came not only from the personal initiative of the first president T.G.Masaryk but also from the position of the Czech intelligentsia, that regarded positively the desire of Jews to fulfill their dreams. As signs of support of the national recognition of the Jews Czechoslovakia hosted Congresses of World Sionistic Organization in 1921 and 1923 in Karlovy Vary and in 1933 in Prague.

After the WWII. Czechoslovakia supported effectivelly the establishment of the State of Israel. Jan Masaryk (the son of the first president TGM) acted in favor of this idea in 1947 in the United Nations. The Government of Czechoslovakia recognized independence of the State of Israel 5 days after its declaration on May 19, 1948. Diplomatic ties were established on July 3, 1948.

Political and economic relations between Czechoslovakia and the State of Israel were then changing in accordance with changes of political approach of the former USSR towards the countries of Middle East. After the 1967 War the diplomatic ties between the two countries were broken. Interests of Czechoslovakia in the State of Israel were represented by Austria. Sweden took the opposite role towards Czechoslovakia. Diplomatic ties were renewed on February 9, 1990. At the present time the bilateral relations are historically on the highest level.

Bilateral Visits:

2.-3.2.1990 Shimon Peres - Deputy Prime Minister
9.-11.2.1990 Moshe Arens - Minister of Foreign Affairs. During this visit the diplomatic ties were renewed.


25.-27.4.1990 Václav Havel - President

7.-9.5.1991 Marián Čalfa - Prime Minister

15.-20.10.1991 Chaim Herzog - President

2.-5.5.1993 Josef Lux - Minister of Agriculture

June 1993 Antonín Baudyš - Minister of Defence

12.-14.12.1993 Josef Zieleniec - Minister of Foreign Affairs

6.-8.2.1994 Václav Klaus - Prime Minister

18.-21.4.1994 Pavel Tigrid - Minister of Culture

18.-22.5.1994 Antonín Baudyš - Minister of Defence

16.-19.7.1994 Vladimír Dlouhý - Minister of Industry and Trade

19.-23.4.1995 A. Rubinstein - Minister of Culture and Education

6.11.1995 Governement delegation led by Václav Klaus - Prime Minister taking part at the funeral of I.Rabin

10.-14.1.1996 Ezer Weizman - President

23.-26.1.1996 Jiří Novák - Minister of Justice

25.-26.3.1996 Ivan Pilip - Minister of Education

June 1997 M. Výborný - Minister of Defence

22.-26.9.1997 Václav Havel - President

4.-8.6.1998 Delegation of the Senate led by Petr Pithart

8.-10.7.1998 C. Hanegbi - Minister of Justice

1.-4.12.1998 M. Grégr - Minister of Industry and Trade

21.-24.2.1999 P. Rychetský - Deputy Prime Minsiter

25.-27.1.2000 D. Levy - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

13.-17.7.2000 Jan Kavan - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

15.-16.10.2001 Shimon Peres - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs at Forum 2000

16.-18.2.2002 Miloš Zeman - Prime Minister, J. Schling - Minister of Transport, K. Březina - Minister, Š. Fule - Deputy Minister of Defense

24.-26.5.2002 Jan Kavan - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

23.-26.6. 2002 Michael Zantovsky - The Senate Council of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security

28.8. 2002 M. Melchior - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

12.-14.7. 2003 Cyril Svoboda - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

15.-19.7. 2003 Parliament Delegation led by Lubomir Zaoralek

14.-17.9. 2003 Jaroslav Palas - Minister of Agriculture

21.-22.9. 2003 Cyril Svoboda - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

18.-22.10. 2003 Senate Delegation of the Council for Education, Science, Culture and Human Rights led by Frantisek Mezihorak

leden 2004 Meeting of a Committee for bilateral military cooperation in Prague

22.-26.1. 2004 Pavel Němec - Minister of Regional Development

5.-11.3. 2004 Delegation of the Parliament Committee for Foreign Affaires led by Vladimír Laštůvka

11.-16.3. 2004 Vladimír Mlynář - Minister of Informatics

16.-18.3. 2004 Delegations of the Parliament Committee for Defense and Security led by Jan Vidím

15.-17.6. 2004 Silvan Shalom - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

7.-9.11. 2004 Vladimír Mlynář - Minister of Informatics

14.-21.11. 2004 Delegation of the Senat Committee on Health and Social Policy

19.-21.12. 2004 Cyril Svoboda - Minister of Foreign Affairs

13.-16.3.2005 Karel Kühnl - Minister of Defense

19.-21.3.2005 František Bublan - Minister of Interior