Public addresses and interviews

• 6/25/2026

  Address by President Pavel at the General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union

  Dear Members of the European Broadcasting Union, In the Czech Republic, we benefit from a well-functioning media environment that combines strong public service media with robust private media organizations. Czech Television and Czech Radio are not merely media institutions; they are also cultural institutions. They form an integral part of our rich national heritage and, on numerous occasions, have played a direct role in pivotal moments of our history, including the defense of the Czech Radio

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  5/21/2026

  President Pavel's opening remarks at GLOBSEC Forum 2025

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• 4/21/2026

  Address by the President of the Czech Republic at the University of Chile

  Distinguished guests, esteemed faculty members, dear students. It is a great honor to address you here in Chile, a country that shares several defining experiences with my own. Like you, Czechia made a conscious choice to build democratic institutions. Like you, we understand how fragile they can be. And like you, we know that our nations can only thrive in a predictable international order based on generally accepted rules. Yet we meet at a moment when international relations are best desc

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• 4/14/2026

  Address by President Pavel at the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI)

  Buenos días, señoras y señores! Thank you for the opportunity to address the Argentine Council for International Relationstoday, here in the beautiful and dynamic city of Buenos Aires. It is my great pleasure to be in Argentina on an official visit - far from Europe, yet in a familiar environment, in a country that has become home to many of my ancestors. Earlier today, I had the pleasure of meeting again with President Javier Milei, two years after his visit to Prague. We had a good discussi

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• 3/10/2026

  President Petr Pavel gave an interview to Latvian television LTV

  President Petr Pavel gave an interview to Latvian public television LTV.

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• 11/5/2025

  Remarks by the President of the Czech Republic at the Opening of the 11th European Values Summit in Prague

  Ladies and gentlemen!  It's a great pleasure to address you now on the occasion of the already 11th edition of the international conference set up by the European Values Center for Security Policy.  I have to say that it's great to see that the Center has been standing up for its mission for already 20 years, having been founded in 2005 on the idea to protect liberal democracy and the rule of law. At that time, it may have seemed not too topical, because many people thought: what was

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• 10/27/2025

  The President’s address to the diplomatic corps

  Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, dear guests, welcome to Prague Castle for this traditional gathering on the upcoming Czech National Day. I am especially pleased to welcome those of you who have only recently taken up your posts - and I wish you every success in your important work. Tomorrow will mark 28th October - a day when we look back with gratitude and pride to the birth of independent Czechoslovakia. It is a day to reflect on the choices that shaped our freedom: courage over resignat

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• 10/13/2025

  Speech by the President of the Czech Republic at the Opening of the Forum 2000 Conference

  The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, delivered a speech at the opening of the Forum 2000 conference: Ladies and gentlemen, friends of human rights and democracy!  It is a pleasure to be in your distinguished company once again – among leaders, defenders of human rights, independent journalists, and young people who care about our shared future.   People who stand up for the powerless and strive to make the world more hopeful.  Our segment of the conferenc

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• 9/24/2025

  Speech by the President Pavel at Harvard University

  Distinguished directors of the Center for European Studies and the Harvard Kennedy Forum, faculty, students, friends, it is really great honour to be invited to speak at Harvard University, one of the most prominent institutions of higher learning in the world. In a way, my appearance here today is also a small repayment of an old debt. In the mid-17th century, John Winthrop Jr., son of one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, is said to have invited the Czech educator and exile Jo

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• 9/24/2025

  President Pavel: Statement in the General Debate of the 80th UNGA Session

  Madame President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am humbled to speak here in front of you again. Today, I wish to address two main issues: UN’s achievements and necessity of its reform and prospect of multilateralism in the light Russian aggression. Eighty years ago, the United Nations was founded with great hope to prevent war and destruction – never to repeat the horrors of World War II. My country proudly stood amongst the founding nations, signing the Charter that would b

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• 9/23/2025

  President Pavel gave an interview on Skynews’ news broadcast.

  The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, gave an interview on SkyNews’ news broadcast.

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• 9/23/2025

  Statement by President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel: UN Security Council on Ukraine

  Mr. President, Excellencies, It is an honour to address again the Security Council, and I thank the Korean Presidency for this opportunity. The Czech Republic is proud to be among the founding nations of this esteemed organisation and remains fully committed to upholding the Charter and the rules-based international order. For more than 11 years, these principles have been under direct assault by Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine, which continues to suffer daily attacks against civi

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