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New Czech president expected to foster EU, Ukraine ties

New Czech president expected to foster EU, Ukraine ties

PRAGUE: Newly-elected Czech president Petr Pavel, a former NATO general, will promote close ties with the European Union and offer firm support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion, analysts said.The 61-year-old war hero beat billionaire populist Andrej Babis to win Saturday's presidential election.A former chief of NATO's military committee, he will replace outspoken, divisive incumbent Milos Zeman who had fostered closer ties with Moscow and Beijing before making a U-turn when Russia invaded Ukraine last year.Analysts told AFP that Pavel's experience in military diplomacy would be a clear asset as he held a very different presidency than his predecessor.“We know that his contacts at NATO, as well as with peers from NATO member states... are very strong, and foreign policy will be his domain,“ said Pavel Havlicek, a scientist at the Association for International Affairs in Prague.“I think he will be a proficient president if we realise the war in Ukraine is one of the key p

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