Czech PM to visit African countries to expand trade relations

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will travel to African countries on November 3 to strengthen the position of Czech business outside European markets, Report informs referring to TASS.

“On November 3 I’m going on a visit to African countries. The trip will last eight days,” the politician noted.

Fiala will visit Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, accompanied by a representative delegation of the republic’s business circles.

The prime minister intends to promote the expansion of trade and economic relations between the Czech Republic and African countries.

“The visit to Africa will follow the same format as my visit to Asia, which brought a number of concrete [positive] results for Czech companies,” Fiala said. National business needs political support to strengthen its position outside European markets, he noted.

“We must change our [outdated] approach to [cooperation with states in] Africa. Africa has great potential for our companies,” the Czech prime minister added.