{"id":372428,"date":"2026-09-23T15:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=372428"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:20:44","slug":"visegrad-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/visegrad-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Visegr\u00e1d Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Visegrad Group backed India\u2019s inclusion as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Visegr\u00e1d Group<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_372433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372433\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-372433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-DW.jpg?resize=278%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Visegr\u00e1d Group\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-DW.jpg?resize=278%2C300&amp;ssl=1 278w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-DW.jpg?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-372433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; DW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Visegr\u00e1d Group<\/strong>, also called the<strong> Visegrad Four (V4).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is an <strong>informal intergovernmental forum<\/strong> and <strong>a cultural and political alliance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Member Countries:<\/strong> The group consists of <strong>Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> The group was <strong>created in 1991<\/strong> when <strong>Polish, Czechoslovakian and Hungarian<\/strong> leaders met in <strong>Visegr\u00e1d, Hungary<\/strong> to<strong> promote cooperation after the Warsaw Pact<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>1993,<\/strong> <strong>Czechoslovakia<\/strong> separated into the<strong> Czech Republic and Slovakia. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The group then <strong>became the Visegrad Four (V4).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It aims to <strong>promote cooperation in military, economic, cultural and energy affairs<\/strong> and <strong>strengthen stability and cooperation in Central Europe.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Governance:<\/strong> It takes <strong>decisions by consensus<\/strong> and has <strong>no permanent structures.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Regular Meetings:<\/strong> It conducts <strong>meetings among Heads of State, Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and other ministers and officials.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rotating Presidency:<\/strong> The <strong>presidency changes every year,<\/strong> and the <strong>presidency sets the agenda for meetings.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>V4+ Format:<\/strong> The group <strong>can cooperate with EU and non-EU countries<\/strong> through formats known as \u201cV4+\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Areas of Cooperation:<\/strong> Its cooperation <strong>covers culture, education, science and information exchange,<\/strong> along with <strong>wider economic, security and energy cooperation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Visegrad Group backed India\u2019s inclusion as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. About Visegr\u00e1d Group The Visegr\u00e1d Group, also called the Visegrad Four (V4). It is an informal intergovernmental forum and a cultural and political alliance. Member Countries: The group consists of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Origin: The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/visegrad-group\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Visegr\u00e1d Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1236,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-372428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}