Incoming Czech leader talks to Zelensky, plans Taiwan call

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The call with Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled for Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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PRAGUE - Czech president-elect Petr Pavel spoke with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, a day after winning the election, and is planning a call with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, his team said.

Mr Pavel, a staunch supporter of war-torn Ukraine and of its bid to join the EU, spoke with Mr Zelensky by telephone on Sunday. Mr Pavel said in a TV debate before the vote his first foreign visit would be to neighbouring Slovakia, as is the custom, followed by Ukraine. Leaders such as German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, France’s Emmanuel Macron and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen have congratulated Mr Pavel on his victory.“A phone call is scheduled for Monday,” Mr Pavel’s spokeswoman Marketa Rehakova told AFP.Billionaire former Czech PM fights fraud trial while standing for presidential election

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