Czech Republic–Libya relations are foreign relations between Czech Republic and Libya. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1993. [citation needed] The Czech Republic has an embassy in Tripoli. Libya has a consulate in Prague.
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editThe Czech Republic imposed sanctions on Libya in 1997 under a United Nations resolution following the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. This was lifted in 2006 by Czech President Václav Klaus.[1]
Libya had an embassy in Prague, although this closed in 2007. In 2008 the country opened a consulate general in the same city.[2]
Alongside Italy, the Czech Republic supported Muammar Gaddafi in the Libyan Civil War towards the beginning of the conflict.[3] Following the death of Gaddafi in October 2011, the Czech Republic took a different stance and looked to move forward with an improved relationship between the two countries.[4]
In 2013 Libyan judges were sent to the Czech town of Kroměříž for a five-day training programme in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Xinhua - English". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.
- ^ Report on the Foreign Policy of the Czech Republic: between January 2008 and December 2008. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. 2009. p. 237. ISBN 9788086345734.
- ^ "Italy and Czech Republic back Gaddafi despite bloodbath". EUobserver. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Česko hodnotí dění v Libyi opatrně, firmy naopak potřebují průbojnost". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 21 October 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Libyan judges receive training in Czech Republic". Libya Herald. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
External links
edit- Czech embassy in Tripoli Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs: direction of the Libya embassy in Prague
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