12.08.2008 - CzechRep to send on Wed plane with aid to Georgia
The Czech Republic will send to Georgia medical materiel worth about two million crowns, particularly bandages, first-aid kits and possibly also blood, but this is yet being discussed with the Health Ministry, Deputy Interior Minister Lenka Ptackova Melicharova told CTK.
Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg decided on Monday to allot five million crowns for humanitarian aid.
Czech ambassador to Georgia Ivan Jestrab said about 25 Western diplomats agree UN draft for Georgia truce ...
Rice says Czechs might travel to USA visa-free by year end ...
Poland rejects US missile shield offer ...
German chancellor visits Poland ... people will leave Georgia on Wednesday.
The Czech embassy has also offered vacancies to Polish citizens.
Some 50 Czechs left for home via Warsaw on the previous days, using special Polish planes.
Bloody fighting erupted in Georgia after Georgian units attempted to conquer the separatist pro-Russian South Ossetia on Friday.
The Georgians came across the Russian military that attacked them also outside the disputed region.
(USD1=16.049 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
more info >>
<< Back
Prague pensions, Czech Republic – cheap hotels, apartments, hostels, accommodation, bed and breakfast, travel, tours, tourism
| Prague-Pensions-Hotels.com |
| For Groups FAQ For Travel Agents About Us Contact Us |
|
Prague News |
Search |