The Czech President's visit in London
17.06.2017 / 14:00 | Aktualizováno: 30.06.2017 / 14:09
On 16 June 2017, the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, paid a one-day working visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The President of the Czech Republic and his wife Ivana and daughter Kateřina were given an audience by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
During his visit, President Miloš Zeman also awarded five war veterans of Czechoslovak origin with the Medal for Heroism and handed over a diploma on promotion to Brigadier General Miroslav Liškutín, Ret.
The Medals For Heroism were ceremmonially given to Colonel Rudolf Čapek, Mrs. Anděla Haida (born Beníčková), Colonel John Pemberton (born Zbyšek Nečas), Colonel Arnošt Polák (born Pollack) and Major General Ivan Otto Schwarz.
The Czech President also held a meeting with the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. They discussed bilateral relations between the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.
At the end of the visit, President Miloš Zeman and his wife laid a wreath at the Battle of Britain monument, to pay tribute to many brave Czechoslovaks who served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
The Czech President Miloš Zeman and the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (autorka fotografie: Hanka Brožková)
The Czech President Miloš Zeman awarding the war veterans of Czechoslovak origin
Major General Ivan Otto Schwarz and General Miroslav Liškutín
Mrs. Anděla Haida Beníčková
The Czech President Miloš Zeman, his wife Ivana and The Rt Hon Earl Howe paying tribute at the Battle of Britain Memorial
More photographs from the presidential visit are available on this link: https://jollythompson.dphoto.com/#/album/25439h
Copyright: Mrs. Jolly Thompson