- Trump claimed that some NATO troops were avoiding the front in Afghanistan.
- The Czech prime minister criticized the American president for belittling Czech soldiers.
- Babiš described Trump’s words as meaningless and insulting to fallen soldiers.
- Minister Macinka emphasized that the deployment of Czech soldiers should not be questioned.
US President Donald Trump’s words are over the top and disparage the legacy of Czech soldiers, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told Novinky.cz on Sunday. He was reacting to the statement of the head of the White House that the troops of some member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) avoided the front line during the war in Afghanistan. TASR informs about it.
“Of course, those words are nonsense. Donald Trump often likes to provoke with his statements, but this is beyond the pale. It denigrates the legacy of our soldiers who gave their lives or were wounded on allied missions.” remarked Babiš. 14 Czech soldiers died during missions in Afghanistan, the portal reminds.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Petr Macinka emphasized that the deployment of soldiers in Afghanistan “should not be questioned. Their activity was subject to the command of NATO, but with the fact that the commander-in-chief was almost always an American general”.
Several countries, including Poland, Italy, France, Britain and Australia, reacted sharply to Trump’s claims that soldiers from other NATO countries avoided the front line during the mission in Afghanistan. The head of the White House, in an interview with Fox News broadcast on Thursday, also reiterated his opinion that NATO will not come to the aid of the United States if they ask for it.
