Czech Minister of Defence Jana Černochová and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin are due to sign a defence cooperation agreement in Washington on Tuesday. The agreement is not a treaty on basing US soldiers on Czech soil or on the creation of an American military base in the country, according to Ms. Černochová. She said that the Czech side had got as much as possible out of the agreement.
The two defence chiefs also paid tribute to the founder of Czechoslovakia, T.G. Masaryk, by laying a wreath at a monument in Washington. The agreement is expected to strengthen the ties between the two countries and enhance their security cooperation.