{"id":12031,"date":"2023-05-23T19:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=12031"},"modified":"2023-05-24T06:50:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T06:50:07","slug":"u-s-czech-defense-leaders-sign-security-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=12031","title":{"rendered":"U.S., Czech Defense Leaders Sign Security Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>\n    Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Jana Cernochova, defense minister of the Czech Republic, today signed a security cooperation agreement that is meant to further strengthen defense ties, enhance NATO operations, advance transatlantic security, and protect shared interests and values between the two nations.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--popup--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud that we&#8217;ll sign the defense cooperation agreement today,&#8221; Austin said. &#8220;It will deepen our defense ties even further, enhance our interoperability, strengthen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO<\/a>, and increase stability in Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In advance of their talks, Austin said the relationship between the U.S. and the Czech Republic is stronger than it has ever been.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our strategic partnership has never been stronger, and that&#8217;s especially true after Russia&#8217;s cruel and unprovoked assault on its peaceful neighbor, Ukraine,&#8221; Austin said. &#8220;I know that your citizens hear the echoes of Moscow&#8217;s invasion in 1968, so we are very glad that the Czech Republic has committed itself to supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Austin also thanked the Czech defense minister for contributions to defending NATO&#8217;s eastern flank.<\/p>\n<p><!--popup--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Czech Republic is leading the way as a framework nation in the new NATO battlegroup in Slovakia,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So, thank you, Madam Minister, for your contributions to the alliance and for being a strong, clear voice for NATO unity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. defense secretary also noted that July marks the 30th anniversary of the Czech Republic&#8217;s partnership with Texas and Nebraska National Guard units as part of the National Guard&#8217;s State Partnership Program.<\/p>\n<p>The security cooperation program is managed by the National Guard Bureau. It links a state&#8217;s National Guard with the military of a partner nation. The relationship allows both the Guard unit and the partner nation&#8217;s military to further their respective defense goals. Today, 88 such partnerships exist with 100 countries.<\/p>\n<p><!--popup--><\/p>\n<p>Cernochova commented on how long the U.S. and the Czech Republic have been allies and how the new agreement would only continue to strengthen that relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad that the United States is still deeply engaged in Europe&#8217;s security and is our most important ally,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The defense cooperation agreement will make our cooperation even stronger.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Jana Cernochova, defense minister of the Czech Republic, today signed a security cooperation agreement that is meant to further strengthen defense ties, enhance NATO operations, advance transatlantic security, and protect shared interests and values between the two nations. &#8220;I&#8217;m proud that we&#8217;ll sign the defense cooperation agreement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12034,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12031\/revisions\/12034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}