I made this comment off the cuff, and I was astonished when I arrived in Prague on Thursday in the Parliament building and met a national representative who thanked me and the Irish Parliament for the comment. The Foreign Minister, the Leader of the Senate and the Opposition leader subsequently said they regarded Ireland as the true friend of small nations. I said we had so much in common in their recent history, with a large neighbour taking occupancy of their homeland. They had that for 50 years, Ireland had it for 700 years, so we understood their difficulties. We have an affinity with those people. We should build on that, and be the champion of the small and medium states. This could be one of those lovely occasions involving a synergy between self-interest and the right thing to do.