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[^2]\n\nCzech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš did not remain in the Chamber of Deputies to explain the proposed 389 billion CZK deficit; instead he flew the same day, 2026-08-31, to the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia. [^3]\n\nJapan's Foreign Minister Motegi Toşimitsu and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski agreed to coordinate support for Ukraine's reconstruction. [^4]\n\nThe ministers reached an agreement to encourage cooperation between the Tokyo government and the Visegrad Group in the field of advanced technology. [^5]\n\nFormer Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek wrote on social media on 2026-08-31 that Andrej Babiš had fled to Bled with cowardice instead of staying in Prague to defend a “mad” deficit figure, suggesting the headline should read: “Cowardly fled to Bled!”. [^6]\n\nRepresentatives of the Czech opposition parties rejected the 389 billion CZK deficit on 2026-08-31 as irresponsible and called it a political crime, warning it would push up interest from the state debt and drag down the living standard of citizens. [^7]\n\nMotegi and Sikorski agreed to collaborate on developing critical technologies for economic security with the European Union and other like-minded countries. 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