{"id":6986,"date":"2019-04-08T20:49:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T19:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2019-04-08T20:49:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T19:49:39","slug":"foreign-minister-nato-critical-for-peace-and-prosperity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/foreign-minister-nato-critical-for-peace-and-prosperity\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Minister: NATO Critical For Peace And Prosperity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hdr-container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-2 pull-left article-share\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body-container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-10 col-lg-10 pull-right\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-8 pull-left bottom-offset content-offset\">\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"content-floated-wrap fb-quotable\">\n<div class=\"wsw\">\n<p>As NATO enters its eighth decade amidst doubts of its relevance, the Czech Republic\u2019s Foreign Minister tells VOA that there\u2019s \u201chuge consensus\u201d among political parties in his country in support of NATO membership and of America\u2019s leadership within the alliance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur membership is very important, and America\u2019s leading role is key to the success of NATO,\u201d says Czech Foreign Minister Tom\u00e1\u0161 Pet\u0159\u00ed\u010dek.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year marks the 20th anniversary of NATO membership for the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pet\u0159\u00ed\u010dek recognizes NATO as an organization \u201cof shared values, as well as an instrument to defend those values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pet\u0159\u00ed\u010dek says his country shares the prevailing opinion among NATO member states about what constitutes threats to NATO: \u201cwe\u2019re facing a more assertive Russia, we need to fight international terrorism, and that we also need to discuss future relations with China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>China, he says, is an important global player with which NATO member states have yet to engage on a level-playing field; \u201cwe want our companies that do business in China to have the same rights as Chinese companies that do business in our country,\u201d a sentiment U.S. businesses and government officials have also expressed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Asked what is most critical to his country\u2019s peace and prosperity, Pet\u0159\u00ed\u010dek replies: membership in both NATO and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland joined the EU in 2004, five years after the three nation states became members of NATO.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a commemorative event in Washington, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz expressed his country\u2019s faith \u2013 and hope \u2013 in the United States and the transatlantic defense organization. Poland, he says, hopes to see an increased American presence in his country and wants American troop deployment upgraded from rotational to permanently stationed forces, in order to strengthen deterrence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said Poland also would like to see is for Washington to consider transferring some of the troops currently stationed in Germany, numbered close to 40,000, to Poland, situated closer to Russia and arguably at higher risk of aggression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/nato-europe\/4866225.html\">Via VOA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As NATO enters its eighth decade amidst doubts of its relevance, the Czech Republic\u2019s Foreign Minister tells VOA that there\u2019s \u201chuge consensus\u201d among political parties in his country in support of NATO membership and of America\u2019s leadership within the alliance. &nbsp; \u201cOur membership is very important, and America\u2019s leading role is key to the success &#8230; <a title=\"Foreign Minister: NATO Critical For Peace And Prosperity\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/foreign-minister-nato-critical-for-peace-and-prosperity\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Foreign Minister: NATO Critical For Peace And Prosperity\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[377],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foreign Minister: NATO Critical For Peace And Prosperity - Prague Business Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/foreign-minister-nato-critical-for-peace-and-prosperity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Foreign Minister: NATO Critical For Peace And Prosperity - Prague Business Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As NATO enters its eighth decade amidst doubts of its relevance, the Czech Republic\u2019s Foreign Minister tells VOA that there\u2019s \u201chuge consensus\u201d among political parties in his country in support of NATO membership and of America\u2019s leadership within the alliance. &nbsp; \u201cOur membership is very important, and America\u2019s leading role is key to the success ... 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