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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ A Czech-Ukrainian voice where Europe’s security is decided. Our Chamber in Odesa

Fri, 29 May, 2026

It is one thing to analyse global security from a quiet office. It is quite another to sit inside the iconic Odesa Opera House under active air raid sirens, witnessing the future of the EuroAtlantic alliance being written.

๐Ÿค The Czech-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry & Commerce was proud and honoured to be invited to the 3rd annual Black Sea Security Forum (BSSF2026) last week.

Our Chamber was represented by Vice-President Markus CIUPEK and Supervisory Board Member Petr Base, carrying the voice of Czech-Ukrainian business cooperation into one of the most important security gatherings in the region.

Over 1,200 world leaders, U.S. senators, European diplomats and defence experts gathered in Odesa with one undeniable message: the security of the Euro-Atlantic space is entirely indivisible.

Core insights from the frontline of global strategy:
๐Ÿ“ The Frontline Pivot: Forum Chairman ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ถ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ผ: ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ธ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘‚๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘Ž. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ-๐ด๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ.

โš“ The Maritime Blueprint: Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK Valerii Zaluzhnyi urged NATO to build a new southern flank strategy: ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘…๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘Ž ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ˆ๐‘˜๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’.

๐ŸŒ A Unified Global Front: Iranian opposition leader ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ: ๐‘‚๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ … ๐‘‡๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘œ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช The German Strategic Footprint: ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (former German Defence Minister) delivered a sharp reality check: ๐ธ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘“-๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ . Defence expert Nico Lange warned: ๐ธ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’. German Ambassador ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ added: ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Transatlantic Resolve: A U.S. Congressional delegation, including Senators ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ and ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜†, reinforced this. Senator Kelly noted that ๐‘ˆ๐‘˜๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›.

โš™๏ธ For our Chamber, the message from Odesa is clear: security and economic strength belong together.

Odesa does not wait. Neither can Europe!

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