Czech Republic takes over V4 presidency from Slovakia

Generals from the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary met in Tatranská Lomnica (Prešov region) on Wednesday in connection with the termination of the Slovak presidency of the Visegrad Four (V4) grouping (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia). This ends on June 30, and in the next 6 months, it will be led by the Czech Republic. At the meeting, the counterparts declared the readiness of a common V4 EU Battlegroup that will be on alert for deployment from July 1. The chief of the General Staff Daniel Zmeko added that the V4 joint battle group has a total of 3,800 soldiers from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary as well as Croatia. It is designed to implement measures to prevent a crisis or mitigate any crisis within a range of 6,000 kilometres from Brussels. "Our country is contributing 229 soldiers to the organisational structures of this group," stated Zmeko.