PRAGUE – US President Barack Obama´s speech in the Czech capital
05.04.2009 / 17:49 | Aktualizováno: 09.03.2018 / 03:18
The president of the United States of America Barack Obama has delivered a speech for tens of thousands of Czech and international visitors in the Czech Republic´s capital Prague on April 5, 2009. Before taking part in US-European Union summit in Prague, the US President proposed an ambitious strategy to address the nuclear threat.
Standing next to the Prague Castle, seat of the Czech President, and with towers of St Nicholas church as his background, the US President Barack Obama proposed measures to reduce and eventually eliminate existing nuclear arsenals, halt proliferation of nuclear weapons, and prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons or materials. The US President called for efforts to strengthen the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to ensure access to peaceful nuclear power while minimizing the risk of nuclear proliferation. He also condemned the North Korean missile test, which happened a mere six hours earlier. Later that day, President Obama took part in European Union-United States summit, where he met leaders of 27-strong European Union, which is now presided by the Czech Republic.
Full text of the speech can be found here.
US President Barack Obama´s speech in the Czech capital
photos: US Embassy Prague