The migration crisis and cooperation between V4 countries and the countries of the Balkans will be central to the Summit’s discussions. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will also commemorate together the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Visegrad Group, which is on 15 February 2016.

Date and Time

15 February 2016
3:00 p.m. anticipated start of the first item of the program - photo-op on the delegations’ arrival

Place

Czernin Palace, Loretánské náměstí 5, 118 00 Praha 1

Programme

• photo-op on the delegations’ arrival at Czernin Palace
• family photo of V4 Prime Ministers
• Summit of the Prime Ministers of V4 Member States
• photo-op on the arrival of the Macedonian and Bulgarian delegations at Czernin Palace
• family photo of V4 Prime Ministers, the President of the Republic of Macedonia and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria
• Summit of the Prime Ministers of V4 Member States, the President of the Republic of Macedonia and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria
• press conference attended by the V4 Prime Ministers, the President of the Republic of Macedonia and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

 
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On-the-spot media contact:

Martina Součková, Department of Communication, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, +420 724 209 854
Alena Kovářová, Department of Communication, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, +420 602 429 621
 
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