The Czech Republic starts her Presidency in the European Union - July - December 2022
05.07.2022 / 09:37 | Aktualizováno: 04.09.2024 / 17:04
On June 30th the Czech Republic Embassy in Addis Ababa organized an event to celebrate the start of Czech EU Presidency of the European Union.
The event was launched by the Czech Ambassador H. E. Pavel Mikeš, who introduced the main priorities of the Presidency, which will run the next six months.
His speech was preceded by remarks by the French Ambassador to Ethiopia H. E. Rémi Maréchault who handed over the Presidency to the Czech Republic. More than 50 guests, EU Ambassadors, and representatives of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed by the DG for Europe H. E. Eshete attended the event. During the cock
tail which followed lively discussion took place mainly on the EU and AU relations and the European and African current developments and future challenges.
Each of the EU Ambassadors and Heads of Mission received as a gift a book by some of the best Czech writers - M. Kundera, K. Čapek, P. Kohout, F. Kafka, L. Klíma et al.