Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel and Czech Republic Prime Minister Milos Zeman are due to meet at the end of this month to try to resolve a dispute over a Czech nuclear plant

Date: 19/10/00

But Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kavan said the meeting would be cancelled if blockades in Austria in protest at the recent opening of the Soviet-designed plant at Temelin resumed. Anti-nuclear demonstrators have blocked Austria/Czech borders in anger over the launch of the plant, located about 50 kilometres over the Czech border. Austrians are concerned the plant does not meet safety standards.