00:00Czech Senate President Milos Vystrichil has hit back at his government for refusing him a state plane for an upcoming
00:06trip to Taiwan.
00:11It is a stab in the back by the Czech government, a stab in the back to our entrepreneurs, a
00:15stab in the back to our university staff,
00:17a stab in the back to our research and scientific workers, and a stab in the back to our cultural
00:21representatives.
00:24Vystrichil's delegation will instead take a commercial flight for the trip set for the end of May.
00:28He blamed the government's decision on the fear of damaging economic ties with China.
00:33Vystrichil says Taiwan-Czech cooperation has produced excellent results, pointing to semiconductor projects and people-to-people exchanges.
00:40He contrasts that with promised investments from China that never materialized.
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