Czech Foreign Minister: Now We Will Directly Ignore the Czech President

February 1, 2026, Prague time, Czech Foreign Minister Peter Machník said in a Czech Television program:

I think the situation should calm down, so I have no choice. Not only me personally, but the entire Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs will now directly ignore the president (Petr Pavel). I have nothing to apologize to him. The most reasonable way to not escalate the situation is to ignore the president's management.

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