Lviv is soon to see the opening of the Consulate of the Czech Republic in Ukraine, Czech Ambassador to Ukraine Karel Stindl announced. Deutsche Welle radio Ukrainian service reports that Mr. Stindl announced during his talks with Lviv Governor Myron Yankiv that the Czech government has already made the relevant decision and “the main problem” now is finding premises for this diplomatic representation. According to the Czech ambassador, it is planned that the consulate will have not only a visa section but also, among others, an economic department, which will help promote trade turnover between Lviv oblast and the Czech Republic. Mr. Yankiv noted in the course of talks the good prospects of bilateral cooperation in the automobile making, oil refining and gas supply fields. Moreover, he considers promising the development of Ukrainian-Czech cooperation in implementing the Czech technologies of noiseless streetcar tracks. The Czech Republic recognized independent Ukraine on December 8, 1991, and established diplomatic relations with it on January 30, 1992. Until recently, neither Ukraine nor the Czech Republic have had consulates general on each other’s territories. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavel Kamarit is Ukraine’s honorary consul in the Czech Republic.
