OREANDA-NEWS. November 15, 2010. The negotiations, held in the RF Government House took 45 minutes. According to Vaclav Klaus they mainly talked on economic issues. Putin and Klaus did without interpreters and held the negotiations in the Russian language.

“It is absolutely logical and understandable that the Russian party is interested in the tender development. I believe we treat it with respect, and we are talking about the reasoned choice we shall make in future,” Klaus said after his meeting with Czech journalists. “The fact that they (the Russians) promise that 60% of subcontractual supplies will be performed by our Czech suppliers will certainly be among the factors that will influence our final decision,” the President noted.

At the same time Vaclav Klaus noted that the external policy factor would also be important. “Nevertheless we see certain improvements in the international atmosphere,” Klaus said and stressed that next week Russia would participate in the NATO summit in Lisbon, and the alliance was interested in development of partnership relations with Russia. “In my opinion these things will influence the decision,” Klaus declared.

Vaclav Klaus also reported that the possible visit of RF President Dmitry Medvedev to Czech Republic was being discussed at the moment.

Vaclav Klaus visited Russian as the guest of Alpha-Bank. The Czech President was invited as the primary guest to the ceremony of solemn awarding of foreign companies that work in Russia.