New foreign minister named

Prague - Czech President, Mr Vaclav Havel, named a new foreign minister yesterday after the shock resignation of Mr Josef Zieleniec…

Prague - Czech President, Mr Vaclav Havel, named a new foreign minister yesterday after the shock resignation of Mr Josef Zieleniec.

The new minister, Mr Jaroslav Sedivy, who was ambassador to NATO and Belgium, takes over as the Czechs are in talks on joining NATO.

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