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Czech Republic – Iceland relations

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Czech-Iceland relations are foreign relations between the Czech Republic and Iceland. Both countries established diplomatic relations on January 1, 1993. The Czech Republic is represented in Iceland through an honorary consulate in Reykjavík. Iceland is represented in the Czech Republic through its embassy in Vienna (Austria) and through an honorary consulate in Prague.

Both countries are full members of NATO, of the Council of Europe and of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Bilateral agreements

The following agreements are in place:[1]

  • Agreement on the settlement of Icelandic claims resulting from the renationalisation in CSR. An exchange of notes occurred on 21 November 1947)
  • Agreement on the cultural cooperation. An exchange of notes occurred on 17 September 1979.
  • Long-term trade agreement was signed in Reykjavik on 22 August 1985.
  • Agreement on mutual abolishment of visas . An exchange of notes occurred on 12 July 1990 in Reykjavik and 13 July 1990 in Prague.
  • Agreement between the EFTA states and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic was signed on 20 March 1992 in Prague. The agreement came into force on 1 January 1993. The Agreement was renamed by the Protocol on Succession signed in Geneva on 19 April 1994 to: The Agreement between the EFTA states and the Czech Republic. In connection with the EU membership the Czech Republic withdrew from the Agreement in November 2003.
  • Agreement on tariff concessions by the import of agricultural products from the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic to Iceland. In the letter of 1 June 1992 Iceland announced the scope of granted one-sided concessions for the import of certain agricultural products from the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic to Iceland.
  • The agreement on avoidance of double taxation between the Czech Republic and Iceland was signed on 18 January 2000 in Oslo, and it came into force on 1 January 2001.

State visits and meetings

The following meetings took place:[2]

  • In 1997 Czech President Vaclav Klaus made his first trip to Iceland to meet with David Oddsson to discuss NATO.[3][4]
  • In 1999 there was an official visit of the Czech President Vaclav Havel to Iceland and several working meetings with the Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson where they discussed NATO expansion and the crisis in Kosovo.[5]
  • In 2001 there was a meeting of the Delegation of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives of the Czech Parliament to Iceland.
  • In 2003 a meeting of the Delegation of the Defence Committee of the House of Representatives of the Czech Parliament to Iceland.
  • In 2004 visit of the Delegation of the European Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the Czech Parliament to Iceland.
  • In 2005 state visit of the Czech President Vaclav Klaus to Iceland where he said he would support Iceland's entry into the European Union.[6]
  • In 2006 visit of the Delegation of the Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions of the Senate of the Czech Parliament to Iceland.
  • In 2007 visit of the Delegation of the Health and Social Affairs Committee of the Senate of the Czech Parliament to Iceland.

Commerce

In 2008 The Czech anti-monopoly office UOHS approved the Icelandic company Nordic Partners in their acquisition of the largest Czech canned food producer Hame.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bilateral Agreements with the Republic of Iceland". Czech Republic. http://www.mzv.cz/oslo/en/mutual_relations/bilateral_agreements_with_the_republic/index.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-10. 
  2. ↑ "Bilateral Relations with the Republic of Iceland". Czech Republic. http://www.mzv.cz/oslo/en/mutual_relations/bilateral_relations_with_the_republic_of/index.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-10. 
  3. ↑ "Czech premier to visit Iceland and Canada". CTK. February 10, 1997. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F99F525C81DEEE4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved on 2009-06-10. "Premier Vaclav Klaus is to make an official trip to Iceland and Canada from 19th to 24th February, the government office press department told CTK today. Klaus will be accompanied by a delegation of businessmen on the visit, which will be the first to these countries on the level of premier ... During his trip to Iceland Klaus will meet with Premier David Oddsson and participate in a seminar. ..." 
  4. ↑ "Czech and Icelandic premiers discuss NATO". CTK. February 19, 1997. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F99F532396D6897&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved on 2009-06-10. "David Oddsson, the premier of Iceland, supports the Czech Republic's entrance into NATO, he said during the talks with his Czech counterpart, Vaclav Klaus today. After the meeting Oddsson told journalists he believed the Czech Republic would be among the first countries to be invited by NATO for talks on NATO membership in June.Klaus made a one-day visit to Iceland today. ..." 
  5. ↑ "Havel warns against Kosovo-dominated NATO Summit". Radio Prague. http://archiv.radio.cz/nato/english42.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-10. "President Havel stopped off in Iceland on the way to Washington, where the NATO Summit is to be held, and met with Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson. Besides the crisis in Kosovo, they discussed NATO membership, and both expressed their support for future alliance expansion. Grimsson enquired about the level of support amongst the Czech people for the alliance's air strikes on Yugoslavia. He stated that he believes that the so far below average support of Czech politicians for NATO's operations will improve. ..." 
  6. ↑ "Czech Republic would welcome Iceland's EU entry". CTK. August 23, 2005. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10C315B1E78AD550&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved on 2009-06-10. "The Czech Republic would welcome it if Iceland joined the European Union," Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who is on an official visit to Iceland, told CTK today after his meeting with Icelandic Prime Minister Halldor Asgrimsson. "We would definitely vote for it [Iceland's EU entry]," Klaus said.Iceland has not applied for EU membership yet, but it is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), comprising along..." 
  7. ↑ "Czech regulator approves Iceland's Nordic Partners' buy of Czech canning co Hame". Thomson Financial News. March 27, 2008. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2008/03/27/afx4820424.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-10. 

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