The Czech Republic on Wednesday completed the ratification of an Defense Treaty with the United States This deepens military cooperation and facilitates the deployment of US troops on Czech territory.
The signing by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala was the final step in the ratification process of the Defense Cooperation Agreement, which was approved by both chambers of parliament and the President in July Peter Pavel on August 1st.
The document sets out a legal framework for the possible deployment of US troops in the country at a time of Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Czech Defense Minister Yana Cernochova, signed the treaty on May 23 with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Washington. The US has similar agreements with 24 other NATO members, including Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania and Bulgaria. who are part of it the eastern flank of the alliance.
Any deployment of US forces would continue to require that Approval of the Czech government and the Czech parliament.
