Czech media hails Vietnam’s role in organizing 2nd DPRK-USA Summit
The Czech media has given wide coverage of the upcoming second DPRK-USA Summit, with praises for Vietnam’s role in organizing the event, which is slated to take place on February 27 and 28.
Streets in Hanoi are decorated with DPRK and US flags (Photo: VNA)
Prague, (VNA)ไ – The Czech media has given wide coverage of theupcoming second DPRK-USA Summit, with praises for Vietnam’s role in organizing theevent, which is slated to take place in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on February 27 and 28.
Major news outlet such as the CzechNews Agency (CTK), the Blesk newspaper, the iDnes.cz and Novinky.cz newswebsites noted that the selection of the venue for the summit was very importantwhich must be acceptable for both sides.
According to the media, Prague was also among venue options for the first DPRK-USAsummit in June 2018, but finally Singapore was chosen. One of theimportant reasons that the USand the DPRK selected Hanoi for the secondsummit was the good relationship that Vietnamhas with both Washington and Pyongyang,and both the DPRK and the UShave their embassies in Hanoi.
🐬 The organization of the summit has great meanings for Vietnam,according to Alex Svamberk, a journalist and analyst of international affairs. He said the attention to Vietnam has never been greater than at presentin the Czech Republic.
He said the role and position of Vietnam have become known worldwide as themeeting between the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump attracts specialinternational attention. The organization of the meeting proves that Vietnam iscapable of making active contributions to major international issues, of whichthe Korean peninsula is among the most complicated and prolonged ones.
Anotherjournalist, Roman Janouch, share the view that Vietnam has been known as a safedestination with strong economic growth, and the country’s position on theinternational arena has been enhanced, particularly by the successful organizationof several major international events such as the APEC summit week in 2017.-VNA 𒆙
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Streets in Hanoi are decorated with DPRK and US flags (Photo: VNA) 
