Minister Cernochova, thank you for hosting us here in Prague. AUSTIN III: Well, good morning, everyone. helicopters that will strongly reinforce our defense posture. that Secretary Austin kept his promise what - on what we outlined back then, and we are very grateful on behalf of the government of the Czech Republic that we will have in total 20 units of U.S. In conclusion of our meeting, I thanked, again, Secretary Austin for the donation of eight units of the Venom and Viper helicopters, and at what we discussed during my visit in Washington, D.C. The Czech Republic significantly contributes to the defense of NATO's eastern flank, and among other things, we lead the NATO Multinational Battlegroup in Slovakia, where American service personnel are deployed, along ours, and we need to have a modern, well-equipped military, and I am very glad to - to have the United States on our side for the capability development. We discussed the options and ways ahead for our nations, for us to, again, stay united and manage to defeat the aggressor, and for Ukraine in this war because it is completely unprecedented because they were attacked by Russia, for Ukraine to be victorious. Today, with Secretary Austin and I have reconfirmed that both sides see this agreement as really important, and that it will be soon, and the Czech Republic is one of the top five military suppliers to Ukraine, and it is therefore logical that we touched on this topic very strongly, including because the - the discussions we had yesterday in Ramstein. To that effect, we are negotiating a bilateral defense cooperation agreement, which we have already started during my visit, during - in Washington, D.C., and to provide for practical cooperation between our Armed Forces. And our goal is to increase the Czech-American defense cooperation to a level higher than ever before, and we want to seek specific projects. in this effort, and we are increasing our defense investment and accelerate the development of our military capabilities, including key armaments projects.
The Czech Republic stands ready to support the U.S.
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The massive support that the United States has been providing to Ukraine proves yet again that America is an indispensable leader of the free world, and I would like to thank sincerely to Secretary Austin and to citizens of the United States of America for their continuing willingness of - to defend free world and to defend Europe. The United States is our most important ally, and they provide a cornerstone of our collective defense in NATO, as well as they underpin the current effort of the situation in Europe. Cyril and Methodius, where we pay respect to the memory of our brave soldiers. Secretary will summarize their negotiations, and then we will take four questions.Īnd now let me hand over to Madam Minister.ĬZECH MINISTER OF DEFENSE JANA CERNOCHOVA (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): So Secretary Austin, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Secretary Austin very warmly for accepting my invitation to come to Prague, to the Czech Republic, and that he visited at the Ministry of Defense, and that we had an opportunity earlier today to visit what is one of the most memorable places of our nation, and that is the Church of St. Secretary, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you to today's press conference of the minister of defense of the Czech Republic, Jana Cernochova, and the secretary of defense of the United States of America, Lloyd James Austin.įirst, Madam Minister and Mr.
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