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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