The Czech government decided today to set aside 150 million crowns in aid of Georgia and it also wants to push for an international donor conference. Klaus who gave a joint press conference with his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer, also warned against a unilateral view of the Russia-Georgia conflict. Klaus and Fischer met in Mikulov, south Moravia, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Soviet-led occupation of then Czechoslovakia on August 21, 1968. "I cannot judge it whether in the current very complex world Georgia is just the place that needs 150 million crowns from us the most of all.
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(Ceske Noviny)
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