The Sidney Morning Herald
Date: August 13, 2020
By: Lenka Ponikelska
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, his wife Susan Pompeo (left), Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis (right) and and his wife Monika Babis pose in Prague, Czech Republic. CREDIT:GETTY
Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib, who ignited outrage in China last year when he cancelled a sister-city agreement between Shanghai and the Czech capital, will accompany Senate leader Milos Vystrcil in a 90-strong delegation to Taiwan starting August 29.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, his wife Susan Pompeo (left), Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis (right) and and his wife Monika Babis pose in Prague, Czech Republic. CREDIT:GETTY
The proposed visit deepens a rift between Beijing and politicians in a NATO and European Union member state that was once seen as the most China-friendly in Europe. That's despite an official stance of the national Czech government that Hrib, Vystrcil and others have veered from. [FULL STORY]
