The newly elected President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, on Sunday, January 29, intends to call the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and announce his intention to visit Kyiv together with the President of Slovakia Zuzana Chaputova. This is reported by the TV channel CT24.

Zuzanna Chaputova, who has already congratulated Pavel on his victory by visiting his campaign headquarters, has already accepted this proposal.

Zelensky welcomed retired Army General Petr Pavel on his victory in the Czech presidential election and noted his support for Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression.

“I look forward to our close personal cooperation for the benefit of the peoples of Ukraine and the Czech Republic and in the interests of a united Europe,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter in Ukrainian and Czech..

Congratulations to @general_pavel on his convincing victory in the presidential elections in the Czech Republic. I appreciate your support and our fight against Russian aggression. I will be glad to close personal cooperation for the benefit of the peoples of Ukraine and the Czech Republic and in the interests of a united Europe.

— Vladimir Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) January 28, 2023.

Recall that Petr Pavel defeated populist businessman Andriy Babish in the elections. Pavlo is a pro-European politician supporting Ukraine.

Pavel won in the second round with 58.32% of the votes. The defeated candidate Andrej Babis, ex-Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and head of the ANO movement, was supported by 41.67% of voters.. The voter turnout in the second round of the presidential elections was 70.25%.

The powers of the current president, Milos Zeman, expire on March 8, after which the inauguration of the new president, Petar Pavel, should take place.

Slovak President Zuzanna Chaputova already visited Ukraine last September.