President Klaus Iohannis congratulates the new president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, supporting the idea of ​​strengthening relations between the two countries.

„Congratulations to the newly elected President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel. I look forward to working together to strengthen the bilateral relations between Romania and Czech Republic and to closely coordinate within the EU and NATO”, the Romanian president wrote on Twitter.

Petr Pavel, former head of NATO’s Military Committee and supporter of military support for Ukraine, won the presidential election in the Czech Republic with 57.4% of the vote, according to partial results after 93% of the ballots were counted.