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Babi\u0161 confirmed that Martin Stropnick\u00fd, the outgoing minister of defense, and a former career diplomat would head the ministry of foreign affairs, but indicated that he wanted to keep a firm hand on the country\u2019s foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had asked President Zeman to appoint his minority government to office on December 13th, so that he could travel to Brussels for the next EU summit of heads of government. The Czech Republic must be more active within the EU and come up with solutions, Babi\u0161 said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANO leader Andrej Babi\u0161, who is forming the country\u2019s next government, told the news site novinky.cz he himself would be primarily responsible for moulding the country\u2019s foreign policy. 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