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Japan, Central Europe foreign ministers

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (C) and his counterparts from four Central European countries -- Jan Kohout of the Czech Republic (far L), Miroslav Lajcak of Slovakia (2nd from L), Janos Martonyi of Hungary (2nd from R) and Radoslaw Sikorski of Poland (far R), pose for photos in New Delhi, India, on Nov. 11, 2013. Japan and the group known as the Visegrad Four, or Visegrad Group, held talks in the Indian capital on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

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Slovakian foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 28, 2012.

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Japan, Slovakia agree int'l community must work harder vs. terrorism

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his Slovakian counterpart Miroslav Lajcak shake hands before their talks in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015. They agreed that the international community needs to strengthen coordination to eradicate terrorism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tomas Petricek, Jacek Czaputowicz, Peter Szijjarto, Miroslav Lajcak

L-R Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, Polish Jacek Czaputowicz, Hungarian Peter Szijjarto and Slovak Miroslav Lajcak of Visegrad Group countries (Czech, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) give a press conference on planned Czech presidency of the group and current security affairs, on December 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Peter Szijjarto, Miroslav Lajcak

L-R Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Slovak Miroslav Lajcak of Visegrad Group countries (Czech, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) give a press conference on planned Czech presidency of the group and current security affairs, on December 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Peter Szijjarto, Miroslav Lajcak

L-R Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Slovak Miroslav Lajcak of Visegrad Group countries (Czech, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) give a press conference on planned Czech presidency of the group and current security affairs, on December 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tomas Petricek, Jacek Czaputowicz, Peter Szijjarto, Miroslav Lajcak

L-R Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, Polish Jacek Czaputowicz, Hungarian Peter Szijjarto and Slovak Miroslav Lajcak of Visegrad Group countries (Czech, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) give a press conference on planned Czech presidency of the group and current security affairs, on December 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Peter Szijjarto, Miroslav Lajcak

R-L Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Slovak Miroslav Lajcak of Visegrad Group countries (Czech, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) give a press conference on planned Czech presidency of the group and current security affairs, on December 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tomas Petricek, Jacek Czaputowicz, Peter Szijjarto, Miroslav Lajcak

L-R Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, Polish Jacek Czaputowicz, Hungarian Peter Szijjarto and Slovak Miroslav Lajcak of Visegrad Group countries (Czech, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) give a press conference on planned Czech presidency of the group and current security affairs, on December 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tomas Petricek, Miroslav Lajcak

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek (CSSD), right, and Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak, left, speak during a press conference after working lunch with Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Thomas Greminger, on September 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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MIROSLAV LAJCAK

Czech diplomacy is preparing further steps over Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev's monument in Prague, Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek told reporters after a meeting with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajcak (Pictured) in Prague, Czech Republic, September 11, 2019. Petricek said he and Lajcak had touched upon the monument issue in their debate. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tomas Petricek, Miroslav Lajcak

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek (CSSD), right, and Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak, left, speak during a press conference after working lunch with Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Thomas Greminger, on September 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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MIROSLAV LAJCAK

Czech diplomacy is preparing further steps over Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev's monument in Prague, Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek told reporters after a meeting with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajcak (Pictured) in Prague, Czech Republic, September 11, 2019. Petricek said he and Lajcak had touched upon the monument issue in their debate. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tomas Petricek, Miroslav Lajcak

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek (CSSD), right, and Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak, left, speak during a press conference after working lunch with Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Thomas Greminger, on September 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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TOMAS PETRICEK

Czech diplomacy is preparing further steps over Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev's monument in Prague, Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek told reporters after a meeting with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajcak in Prague, Czech Republic, September 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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MIROSLAV LAJCAK

Czech diplomacy is preparing further steps over Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev's monument in Prague, Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek told reporters after a meeting with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajcak (pictured) in Prague, Czech Republic, September 11, 2019. Petricek said he and Lajcak had touched upon the monument issue in their debate. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tomas Petricek, Miroslav Lajcak

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek (CSSD), right, handshakes with Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak, left, during a press conference after working lunch with Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Thomas Greminger, on September 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek (CSSD) speaks during a press conference after working lunch with Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Thomas Greminger and OSCE chair and Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak, on September 11, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Japan-Slovakia foreign ministers' meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (R) and his Slovakian counterpart Miroslav Lajcak attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) and U.N. General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak participate in the Winter Olympics torch relay in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) and U.N. General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak participate in the Winter Olympics torch relay in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New U.N. General Assembly pres. hopes for Security Council reform

New U.N. General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak speaks to reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 12, 2017, after the beginning of the 72nd assembly. The former deputy prime minister of Slovakia said he hopes to make progress on the contentious issue of Security Council reform. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Next pres. of U.N. General Assembly eager to reform Security Council

Photo taken in June 2012 shows Slovakia's Miroslav Lajcak, who will be the U.N. General Assembly's next president. Lajcak took up the issue of Security Council reform in his acceptance speech on May 31, 2017, saying it is time to restructure the powerful body to better reflect the current reality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo