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Thu 11 Nov 2008Czech president's State visit ends on acrimonious note
IN AN acrimonious end to his State visit to Ireland Czech president Vaclav Klaus accused Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin of being a "hypocrite", while a number of leading Irish politicians accused Mr Klaus of an unprecedented breach of diplomatic courtesy.
Mr Klaus, whose country takes over the EU presidency in January, made his comments after Mr Martin accused him of an "inappropriate intervention" on Tuesday night. Mr Martin was referring to the joint press conference held in Dublin by Mr Klaus and Libertas founder Declan Ganley at which they criticised the Lisbon Treaty.
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