Czech envoy highlights nuclear power ties at national day event

Czech Ambassador to Korea Ivan Jancarek touched on growing ties at a reception marking 108 years since the founding of Czechoslovakia.

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Czech Ambassador Ivan Jancarek speaks during a reception marking Czech National Day at The Ambassador Seoul hotel in central Seoul on Oct. 27.

Czech Ambassador Ivan Jancarek highlighted growing nuclear, industrial and people-to-people ties between Seoul and Prague on Tuesday at a reception marking the 108th anniversary of the founding of independent Czechoslovakia, which he said may be his last Czech National Day reception as ambassador to Korea.

Czech Ambassador Ivan Jancarek, left, shakes hands with Trade, Industry and Resources Minister Kim Jung-kwan during a reception marking Czech National Day in Seoul on Oct. 27.

“Nothing illustrates our partnership better than the new Dukovany nuclear power project,” Jancarek said in his welcoming remarks, referring to the two reactors Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power will build in the Czech Republic. “It is not merely a construction project but a long-term investment in energy security, technological excellence and trust between our two countries.”

Ambassadors pose with Korean and Czech flags at a photo booth during a reception marking Czech National Day in Seoul on Oct. 27.

A women’s choir from Seocho District, southern Seoul, sang both national anthems. The district worked with the Czech Embassy to install a Vaclav Havel Bench along the Yangjae Stream last year, the first in Korea, honoring the playwright who became Czechoslovakia’s last president and the Czech Republic’s first. Guests also enjoyed Czech beer and a live jazz session.


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