Madrid - Spain has invited the Czech Republic to form part of its delegation to Saturday's economic summit in Washington, government sources said Friday.

The invitation will allow Marek Mora, a deputy for the Czech vice-premier for European affairs, to attend plenary sessions, the sources said.

Spain found the Czech presence important given that Prague will hold the European Union presidency in the first half of 2009, the sources explained.

Mora was also due to attend the summit as an observer with the French delegation.

Spain itself was initially not on the guest list of the summit, which only included members of the G20 group, but later won support for its attendance. (dpa)