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Report on the Foreign Policy of the Czech Republic 2007 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................6 I. MULTILATERAL COOPERATION ................................................................................. 14 1. The Czech Republic and the European Union ........................................................ 14 The Czech Republic and the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy ............. 33 The Czech Republic and European Security and Defence Policy ........................ 42 2. The Czech Republic and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) ............ 48 3. The Czech Republic and Regional Cooperation ..................................................... 74 Visegrad cooperation ............................................................................................. 74 Central European Initiative (CEI) .......................................................................... 78 Regional Partnership .............................................................................................. 80 Stability Pact for South East Europe ..................................................................... 82 4. The Czech Republic and other European international organisations and forums .. 84 The Czech Republic and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)................................................................................................................... 84 Council of Europe .................................................................................................. 89 5. The Czech Republic and International Organisations.............................................. 91 United Nations Organisation (UN) ........................................................................ 91 Principal UN bodies.............................................................................................. 92 UN international conferences ............................................................................... 96 UN specialised agencies........................................................................................ 98 UN programmes, funds and other specialised bodies......................................... 105 The Czech Republic and international organisations........................................... 114 The Czech Republic and the World Economy (OECD, WTO, IMF, WB, EBRD, CEB, IBEC, IIB)............................................. 114 The Czech Republic’s membership of certain other international organisations124 6. Non-proliferation of Weapons, Arms Control and Disarmament ........................ 129 7. The Czech Republic in the Fight against International Terrorism ......................... 138 8. Foreign Development and Humanitarian Aid and Transformation Cooperation... 142 9. Transformation Policy............................................................................................ 146 II. THE CZECH REPUBLIC’S BILATERAL RELATIONS............................................... 157 1. The Czech Republic’s relations with Central European countries........................ 157 Austria ....................................................................................................................... 157 Germany..................................................................................................................... 161 Hungary...................................................................................................................... 166 Poland......................................................................................................................... 169 Slovakia...................................................................................................................... 175 Slovenia...................................................................................................................... 177 Switzerland................................................................................................................. 180 2. The Czech Republic’s relations with northern and eastern European countries.... 183 Armenia...................................................................................................................... 183 Azerbaijan .................................................................................................................. 184 Belarus........................................................................................................................ 186 Denmark..................................................................................................................... 187 Estonia........................................................................................................................ 189 Finland........................................................................................................................ 191 Georgia....................................................................................................................... 193 Great Britain............................................................................................................... 194 1 Iceland ........................................................................................................................ 198 Ireland......................................................................................................................... 199 Latvia.......................................................................................................................... 201 Lithuania..................................................................................................................... 202 Moldova ..................................................................................................................... 204 The Netherlands ......................................................................................................... 206 Norway....................................................................................................................... 209 Russia ......................................................................................................................... 211 Sweden ....................................................................................................................... 215 Ukraine....................................................................................................................... 217 3. The Czech Republic’s relations with south and southeast European countries ..... 220 Albania ....................................................................................................................... 220 Andorra ...................................................................................................................... 222 Belgium ...................................................................................................................... 223 Bosnia and Herzegovina............................................................................................. 225 Bulgaria ...................................................................................................................... 229 Croatia ........................................................................................................................ 231 Cyprus ........................................................................................................................ 232 France......................................................................................................................... 234 Greece......................................................................................................................... 237 Italy............................................................................................................................. 239 Luxembourg ............................................................................................................... 243 Macedonia/FYROM................................................................................................... 245 Malta........................................................................................................................... 247 Montenegro ................................................................................................................ 248 Portugal ...................................................................................................................... 250 Romania ..................................................................................................................... 253 Serbia.......................................................................................................................... 255 Spain........................................................................................................................... 259 Turkey ........................................................................................................................ 261 Vatican ....................................................................................................................... 263 4. The Czech Republic’s relations with Middle East and North African countries... 264 Algeria........................................................................................................................ 264 Bahrain ....................................................................................................................... 266 Egypt .........................................................................................................................
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