18:01 – We added Andrej Babiš’s statement to the text
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský (Pirates), former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) is starting to pose a security threat to the Czech Republic due to his statements. Lipavský said this today in Czech TV’s discussion program Otázky Václav Moravec.
According to Lipavský, Babiš is a security threat through his statements. “It seems to me that he is already becoming a security threat to this country, the way in which he is undermining the defense capability and the international political position of our country,” said Lipavský. According to him, Babiš knows absolutely nothing regarding foreign policy. “He did absolutely crazy things with Czech-Polish relations, he allowed himself to be guided by (Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor) Orbán in European politics in an absolutely crazy way,” said the minister.
According to Lipavský, the Czech Republic is interested in continuing Czech-Slovak relations. “We want them to be practical, we want them to be factual, absolutely nothing stops. However, for an intergovernmental meeting to take place, in which there is a lot of symbolism and belonging, this moment is not at this moment,” he said.
In response to ČTK, the head of the ANO movement described the Pirates as a threat to Czech security and sovereignty. He recalled that, unlike many other Czech politicians, he had never appeared together with Russian politicians in the past, and eight dozen Russian diplomats were expelled from the Czech Republic during his government. He also stated that Lipavský became foreign minister by accident, but that an eagle does not catch flies.