Topolanek thanked France for its then and current alliances and spoke about the symbolical charge of the event and the French passing of EU presidency to the Czech Republic on January 1, 2009. France was represented by State Secretary for Family Nadine Morano and Slovakia by its ambassador to France Jan Kuderjavy. The event was also attended by Czech ForMin wants Prague to ratify Lisbon treaty by year-end ...
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Shortage of nurses to lower health care quality in Czech Republic ... a delegation of Czech war veterans. Topolanek laid a wreath to the memorial situated where about 6000 Czech and Slovak soldiers swore allegiance to the future Czechoslovakia in 1918. French President Raymond Poincare of the time recognised Czechs' and Slovaks' right to their own independent state.
To commemorate the event, June 30 has been celebrated as the Czech Armed Forces Day since 2002. Topolanek said that since not all countries were as lucky as to live in peace, "we still need heroes in missions in Afghanistan and elsewhere." Czech and Slovak volunteers started fighting in France against the Central Powers in 1915.
(Ceske Noviny)
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