The Visegrad Group (i.e. V4 comprising Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) reflects the efforts of the countries of the Central European region to work together in a number of fields of common interest within pan-European integration. The Group aims to encourage optimum cooperation with all countries, in particular its neighbours, its ultimate interest being democratic development in all parts of Europe.

The Czech Presidency had as its slogan "V 4 Trust". Its programme was intended to expand cooperation in areas where joint efforts may bring tangible results and thereby reinforce trust in the Visegrad cooperation as well as among the Visegrad partners themselves. The programme was based on the document “Guidelines on the Future Areas of Visegrad Cooperation” (the Kromeriz Declaration of the four Prime Ministers of the Visegrad countries) in which all the relevant Ministries identified priority topics and useful forms of V4 cooperation.

For more information on the Czech presidency in the Visegrad Group go to: www.mzv.cz/visegrad