Russian PM Putin To Visit EU President Czechs

The date of the visit has not yet been set, the statement said.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to visit his Czech counterpart Mirek Topolanek, the Czech government, which holds the European Union Presidency, said in a statement on Thursday.

The invitation follows the resolution of a Russia-Ukraine gas dispute that left hundreds of thousands of people in southeast Europe without heat in one of winter's coldest weeks and forced many industrial producers to stop work.

The date of the visit has not yet been set, the statement said. As part of their EU presidency, the Czechs are expected to host an EU-Russia summit in June.