Topolanek and Harper are to discuss Czech-Canadian cooperation in Afghanistan within the NATO mission. Canada has some 2500 troops in the Afghan Czechs for direct presidential election - poll ...
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NATO mass destruction weapons centre opens in Czech town ... province of Kandahar. The Czechs extend the number of soldiers from 200 to 415 in Afghanistan this year. Canada calls on other NATO allies to get more involved in Afghanistan. Harper also plans to talk about the Czech EU presidency in 2009 and about international security and economic issues with Topolanek. Topolanek is to be accompanied by Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova. He is to meet representatives of the 80,000-member Czech community living in Toronto. Harper recalls this year's 40th anniversary of the Prague Spring reform movement and the fact that "Canada opened its doors to thousands of Czechs fleeing totalitarianism in search of freedom" in 1968. On February 27, Topolanek is to meet U.S. President George Bush. Topolanek and Bush are to discuss the planned U.S. radar base on Czech soil. Topolanek is to sign a Czech-U.S. memorandum allowing for the introduction of visa-free relations.
(Ceske Noviny)
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