Several dozen ambassadors are involved, and the change will also affect the post in the United States of America. The new government wants to select them again, transparently and in accordance with the cabinet’s priorities, Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists) said on Monday.
The dispute between the Castle and the government, caused mainly by the president’s refusal to appoint the honorary president of Motorists Filip Turk as minister of the environment, continues to intensify.
All ambassadors who received the green light from former Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) and President Petr Pavel and were supposed to leave for their posts this year will stay at home.
This concerns the new staffing of the head embassies in Addis Ababa, Baku, Doha, Delhi, Cairo, Lima, Lisbon, Podgorica, Rome, Santiago de Chile, Skopje, as well as permanent missions in Paris, Geneva, New York and Washington.
The occupation of the US embassy attracts the most attention. The previous cabinet approved for the post the current “double” at the embassy in Washington, Jan Havránek, who was supposed to replace Miloslav Stašek this year. He is probably supposed to return to the Černín Palace from June to the post of state secretary.
