Diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a Central European country, a member of the European Union, the

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(OSCE), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO), the United Nations (and all of its main specialized agencies and boards). It entertains diplomatic relations with 191 countries of the world, around half of which maintain a resident embassy in the Czech capital city, Prague. During the years 1948–1989, the foreign policy of Czechoslovakia had followed that of the Soviet Union. Since the revolution and the subsequent mutually-agreed peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Czechs have made reintegration with Western institutions their chief foreign policy objective. This goal was rapidly met with great success, as the nation joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004, and held the

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during the first half of 2009.

International disputes

Liechtenstein

Throughout the past decades, Liechtenstein continuously claimed restitution for , or an area roughly ten times the size of Liechtenstein, of land currently located in the Czech Republic. The land was partially confiscated from the Liechtenstein family in 1918 with the rest of the property being confiscated in 1945 after the expulsion of Germans and confiscation of German property. The Czech Republic insisted that it could not acknowledge or be responsible for claims going back to before February 1948, when the Communists had seized power. As a result, Liechtenstein did not diplomatically recognize the existence of the Czech Republic as a new state (and, for that matter, also that of the Slovak Republic) until 2009. In July 2009, the Prince of Liechtenstein announced he was resigning to the previous unsuccessful claims to property located in the Czech Republic, and on 13 July 2009, after politically recognizing one another, the Czech Republic and Liechtenstein formally established diplomatic relations.

Placement of US National Missile Defense base

In February 2007, the US started formal negotiations with Czech Republic and Poland concerning construction of missile shield installations in those countries for a Ground-based Midcourse Defense System. Government of the Czech Republic agrees (while 67% Czechs disagree and only about 22% support it) to host a missile defense radar on its territory while a base of missile interceptors is supposed to be built in Poland. The objective is reportedly to protect another parts of US National Missile Defense from long-range missile strikes from Iran and North Korea, but Czech PM Mirek Topolánek said the main reason is to avoid Russian influence and strengthen ties to US. The main government supporter Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs, used to be an ambassador to the USA. More problematic is that between 2004 and 2006 he was an executive director of a lobbying company Dutko Worldwide Prague. Dutko's and its strategic partner AMI Communications (PR company) customers are Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Nortrop Grumman, which are largest contractors for NMD development. AMI Communications also received (without a formal selection procedure) a government contract to persuade Czechs to support US radar base.

Bilateral relations

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

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and the Socialist Republic of Romania participated in the invasion. Albania formally withdrew from the Warsaw Pact in 1968 over the matter. * Albania has an embassy in Prague. * Czech Republic has an embassy in Tirana. , - , , , , , See

Austria–Czech Republic relations Neighborly relations exist between Austria and the Czech Republic, two member states of the European Union. Austria has given full support to Czech Republic's membership of the European Union. the Czech Republic is a member state of NATO, Austria ...

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. * Both countries are full members of the European Union. , - , , , , , See

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Estonia Ministry of Foreign affairs about relations with the Czech Republic
, - , , , , * Finland recognised the independence of the Czech Republic on 1 January 1993. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Helsinki. Finland has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of the European Union. * Czech Republic supports Finland's NATO membership.
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Helsinki

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland about relations with the Czech Republic
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* The first diplomatic contacts date back from the Middle Ages. France has been the first country to recognize Czechoslovakia on 28 October 1918. * The two countries concluded a treaty of Alliance on 25 January 1924. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Paris and four honorary consulates (in Lille, Lyon, Nancy, and

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). * France has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union. Since 1999, Czech Republic is an observer in the

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French Foreign Ministry about relations with the Czech Republic
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Czech Republic–Germany relations Czech–German relations are the relationship between Germany and the Czech Republic. The two countries share 815 km of common borders and both are members of NATO, European Union, OECD, OSCE, Council of Europe and the World Trade Organizat ...

* Both countries share {{convert, 815, km, abbr=on of common borders. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Berlin, three general consulates (in Bonn, Dresden and Munich), and 6 honorary consulates (in Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Nürnberg, Rostock and Stuttgart). * Germany has an embassy in Prague. , - , {{Flag, Greece, , {{dts, format=dmy, 1993-01-01, , See Czech Republic–Greece relations * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union. , - , {{Flag, Hungary, , {{dts, format=dmy, 1993-01-01 , * Before 1918, both countries were part of Austria-Hungary. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Budapest. * Hungary has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union. , - , {{Flag, Iceland, , {{dts, format=dmy, 1993-01-01, , See Czech Republic–Iceland relations * Neither country has a resident embassy. * The Czech Republic is accredited to Iceland from its embassy in Oslo, Norway and maintains an honorary consulate in Reykjavík. * Iceland is accredited to the Czech Republic through its embassy in Vienna, Austria and maintains an honorary consulate in Prague. * Both countries are full members of NATO, of the Council of Europe and of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. , - , {{Flag, Ireland, , {{dts, 1929 , * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Dublin. * Ireland has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and the

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supports Czech / Irish Business ventures , - , {{Flag, Italy, , , * Northern Italy and the Czech Republic were formerly part of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Empire. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Rome and a consulate-general in Milan, and 5 honorary consulate (in Florence, Naples,

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). * Italy has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union. * See also: Czechs in Italy and Italians in the Czech Republic , - , {{Flag, Kosovo{{ref label, status, a}, , {{dts, 2008 , See

Czech Republic–Kosovo relations Czech Republic–Kosovo relations are foreign relations between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Kosovo. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 and Czech Republic recognized it on 21 May 2008. The Czech Republic op ...

* Czech Republic recognized Kosovo on 21 May 2008.{{cite web, url=http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/mzv/default.asp?id=58430&ido=6569&idj=2&amb=1, title=The Czech Republic has recognized independence of Kosovo, date=21 May 2008, publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, access-date=21 May 2008 * The Czech Republic opened an embassy in Pristina on 16 July 2008. , - , {{Flag, Latvia, , {{dts, format=dmy, 1991-09-09 , * Czechoslovakia recognised Latvia on 5 January 1922. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

. * Latvia has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union.
Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with the Czech Republic
, - , {{Flag, Liechtenstein, , {{dts, format=dmy, 2009-07-13, , * Czech Republic is accredited to Liechtenstein from its embassy in Bern, Switzerland. * Liechtenstein is accredited to the Czech Republic from its embassy in Vienna, Austria. , - , {{Flag, Lithuania, , {{dts, format=dmy, 1922-01-05 , * Both countries re-established diplomatic relations on 9 September 1991. * Lithuania recognised the Czech Republic after the split of Czechoslovakia on 5 January 1992 and diplomatic relation were established the following day. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Vilnius. * Lithuania has an embassy in Prague and an honorary consulate in Brno. * Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union.
Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign affairs: list of bilateral treaties with the Czech Republic (in Lithuanian only)
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930134546/http://www.urm.lt/index.php?935026264 , date=30 September 2011 , - , {{Flag, Luxembourg, , , * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Luxembourg City. * Luxembourg has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, of the European Union and of NATO. * See also: Czechs in Luxembourg and Luxembourgians in the Czech Republic , - , {{Flag, Malta, , , * The Czech Republic is accredited to Malta from its embassy in Rome, Italy and maintains an honorary consulate in Valletta. * Malta is accredited to the Czech Republic from a non-resident ambassador based at the Foreign Ministry at Valletta. * Both countries are full members of the European Union. , - , {{Flag, Moldova, , , , See Czech Republic–Moldova relations , - , {{Flag, Montenegro, , , , See Czech Republic–Montenegro relations , - , {{Flag, Netherlands, , {{dts, format=dmy, 1919-11-13 , * The Czech Republic has an embassy in The Hague and an honorary consulate in Amsterdam. * The Netherlands has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union.
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with the Czech Republic (in Dutch only)
* See also: Czechs in the Netherlands and Dutchs in the Czech Republic , - , {{Flag, North Macedonia, , , , See Czech Republic–North Macedonia relations * Czech Republic has an embassy in Skopje. * North Macedonia has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of NATO. , - , {{Flag, Norway, , , , * Czech Republic has an embassy in Oslo. * Norway has an embassy in Prague. , - , {{Flag, Poland, , , , See Poland–Czech Republic relations Both countries are full members of the European Union. They share {{convert, 796, km, abbr=on of common border, which can be crossed anywhere without border control due to the Schengen Agreement. * Czech Republic has an embassy in Warsaw and a consulate-general in

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

. * Poland has an embassy in Prague and a consulate-general in Ostrava. , - , {{Flag, Portugal, , , , * Czech Republic has an embassy in

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. * Portugal has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. * See also: Czechs in Portugal and Portuguese in the Czech Republic , - , {{Flag, Romania, , {{dts, format=dmy, 1919-04-06 , * After the splitting of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Romania established diplomatic relation on 18 December 1992. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Bucharest. * Romania has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union. , - , {{Flag, Russia, , , , See

Czech Republic–Russia relations Czech Republic–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation. Relations have substantially deteriorated in recent years due to events such as the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, ...

The present day relations between the two countries have deteriorated in the wake of events such as the Russian annexation of Crimea, the

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, and the

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. Russia also has further reduced its oil deliveries to the Czech Republic. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Moscow. On 24 February 2022 the Czech Republic decided to close its both consulates-general in Saint Petersburg and Yekaterinburg following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. * Russia has an embassy in Prague. On 24 February 2022 the Czech Republic decided to close both of Russia's consulates-general in Brno and

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. , - , {{Flag, Serbia, , {{dts, 1918 , * The Czech Republic has an embassy in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

. * Serbia has an embassy in Prague. * Czech relations with Serbia were usually positive, just like relations between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia (prewar). However, Czech government under administration of Mirek Topolánek decided to recognize Kosovo – the very important issue in Serbian politics. , - , {{Flag, Slovakia, , {{dts, format=dmy, 1993-01-01, , See

Czech Republic–Slovakia relations Czech Republic–Slovakia relations are foreign relations between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Country comparison History Before 1918, both countries were part of Austria-Hungary; however, after the Ausgleich of 1867 the Czech lands belong ...

Before 1918, both countries were part of Austria-Hungary, and between 1918 and 1 January 1993, both countries were part of Czechoslovakia. * Czech Republic has an embassy in

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

. * Slovakia has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. , - , {{Flag, Slovenia, , , , * Czech Republic has an embassy in Ljubljana. * Slovenia has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. , - , {{Flag, Spain, , , , See Czech Republic–Spain relations * Czech Republic has an embassy in Madrid. * Spain has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. , - , {{Flag, Sweden, , , , * Czech Republic has an embassy in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. * Sweden has an embassy in Prague. * Both countries are full members of the European Union. * Czech Republic supports Sweden's NATO membership. , - , {{Flag, Switzerland, , , , * Czech Republic has an embassy in

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. * Switzerland has an embassy in Prague. , - , {{flag, Turkey, , {{dts, 1924 , * See Turkey in Asia Above , - , {{Flag, Ukraine, , , * The Czech Republic has an embassy in Kyiv and 2 general consulates in Donetsk and Lviv. * Ukraine has an embassy in Prague, a consulate and an honorary consulate in Brno. * During the Interwar era the Ukrainian province Zakarpattia Oblast was part of Czechoslovakia. Serhy Yekelchyk ''"Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation"'', Oxford University Press (2007), {{ISBN, 978-0-19-530546-3 (page 128-130) , - , {{Flag, United Kingdom, , , , See

Czech Republic–United Kingdom relations Czech Republic–United Kingdom relations are foreign relations between the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. The Czech Republic has an embassy in London and four honorary consulates (in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester and Newtownards). The ...

* The United Kingdom has an embassy in Prague. * The Czech Republic has an embassy in London and maintains honorary Consulates in Belfast and Edinburgh.
British Chamber of Commerce (Prague)
supports British / Czech businesses HM Queen

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paid a

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to the Czech Republic in March 1996.{{cite web, title= Outward state visits made by the queen since 1952, url= http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page4869.asp, publisher=Official web site of the British Monarchy, access-date=29 November 2008

Oceania

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and a consulate-general in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

. , - , {{Flag, New Zealand, , , , * Czech Republic is accredited to New Zealand from its embassy in Canberra, Australia. * New Zealand is accredited to the Czech Republic from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.

Multilateral relations

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* Foreign relations of NATO

Notes

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