President Zuzana Caputova flew to Reykjavik for the Council of Europe summit which began Tuesday with Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar and they were joined during a stopover in Copenhagen by Czech President Petr Pavel.
The idea of sharing the flight goes back to Caputova's first meeting with Pavel. "We decided to share our travels for both ecological and economic reasons," she stated, adding that the Czech President will reciprocate by taking her on his flight to the NATO summit in Vilnius in July.
Presidents of other countries have reached out with requests to join the shared flights too, once they learnt of the plan, said Caputova. She added that her Slovenian counterpart has joined them because her aircraft was grounded due to a malfunction.
"We'll travel back in an even larger lineup," said Caputova, alluding to the fact that Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Moldovan President Maia Sandu will fly together with the group from the summit.
Pavel finds such arrangement quite sensible and not only in terms of economy or ecology. "We have three hours of flight, which is exclusive, we don't have to take any phone calls or hold any talks. Plenty of time to discuss everything we need," he claimed.
(TASR)
