{"id":1739,"date":"2019-10-09T12:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T10:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2019-10-09T18:53:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T16:53:50","slug":"prague-city-council-approves-terminating-sister-city-pact-with-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/prague-city-council-approves-terminating-sister-city-pact-with-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Prague City Council approves terminating sister city pact with Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prague will withdraw from its sister pact with Beijing as China is unwilling to debate Prague\u2019s demand that a  statement on Prague\u2019s recognition of One China be deleted from it, the City Council decided today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership agreement was approved\n by Prague under the previous mayor Adriana Krnacova (ANO) in February \n2016, with the then opposition criticising its wording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city\u2019s withdrawal from it still needs to be approved by the City Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China repeatedly criticised Prague\u2019s intended step through diplomatic channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prague\u2019s\n current leadership, with Mayor Zdenek Hrib (Pirates) at the head, \ncalled on Beijing to discuss the deletion of the above formulation in \nJanuary. The negotiations continued in writing, with the Chinese side \nreacting negatively to Prague\u2019s repeated proposals to delete the pact\u2019s \nArticle 3, and not reacting to its latest urgency at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, Prague decided to withdraw from the pact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s representatives previously said Prague\u2019s approach harms Czech-Chinese relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prague will withdraw from its sister pact with Beijing as China is unwilling to debate Prague\u2019s demand that a statement on Prague\u2019s recognition of One China be deleted from it, the City Council decided today. 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