Czech Government Denies Senate Speaker Plane for Taiwan Trip

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The government has refused to provide Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil with a government plane for his planned trip to Taiwan. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said the speaker could travel on a regular flight.

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Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) refused to provide Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil (ODS) with a plane to travel to Taiwan. According to him, previous visits "cost millions" and "destroyed our business" in China. As Sinologist and analyst of the Sinopsis project Simona Fantová explains, his words should be seen in domestic politics rather than as a turn in foreign relations.

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According to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), the government refused to provide Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil (ODS) with a plane for his second trip to Taiwan. Babiš stated this in the birthday debate on XTV, the Blesk server reported today.

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According to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), the government refused to provide Senate President Miloš Vystrčil (ODS) with a plane for a trip to Taiwan, the Blesk.cz server pointed out. According to him, the Prime Minister justified his refusal by the government's different foreign policy in relation to Beijing. Vystrčil subsequently confirmed the information about the failure to provide the plane to ČT. China considers Taiwan to be its breaka…

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Prime Minister Andrej Babiš stated in a debate on the ninth anniversary of the internet television XTV that the reason is the government's different views on foreign policy in relation to China. According to him, Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil can travel by commercial airline.