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The highest levels of Greek diplomacy have gotten involved in the matter
of two Czechs detained in Greece due to photographing on the island of Lemnos.
Immediately after the Greek President received a letter from [Czech President] Václav Klaus
the head of President's office has invited the Czech consul to a meeting.
Mr. Klaus has asked Karolos Papoulias to monitor the matter closely.
The 33 years old Ivan Buchta has been in Greek jail for over two months.
In less than two months his wife is expected to deliver a baby.
When will he return home is still not known.
Ivan and his colleague Martin Pezlar
have been visited by their fathers for the second time.
We have been convincing them that everything will be alright
but that they have to hold out until after Christmas.
To the Greek jail they mainly brought them warm clothes
and money for top-up cards.
I'm glad to hear you.
We're all here with dad, everybody have their fingers crossed.
He says: "we're trying to survive, we're reading magazines and books."
The matter has moved to the top levels of Czech-Greek diplomacy.
President Václav Klaus has called the manner an "unfortunate event"
in the letter to his Greek counterpart.
The letter was delivered this morning to the office of President Papoulias.
In about one to two hours the head of the office has expressed her interest
to talk with me personally about the matter.
I am convinced that this move by Václav Klaus
will have positive influence on the whole matter.
The two men could imprisoned for up to twenty years
for the photography of Greek military objects.
They refute the espionage charges.
No matter what consequences the President's letter will have,
in the upcoming days the Greek police should end the investigation.
The Greek lawyer of both Czechs will be then able to request their release again.
The interest in travel to Greece by the Czech public hasn't been significantly impacted.
Jan Papež: This matter does not have any impact on tourism itself at all.
Annually 300 000 Czechs travel to Greece, mostly as tourists.
This makes Greece the second favorite holiday destination.
Petra Tachecí and Eva Davidová, Czech Television.
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