PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic on Wednesday accomplished the ratification of a protection treaty with the United States that deepens army cooperation and makes it simpler to deploy U.S. troops in Czech territory.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s signature was the ultimate step within the ratification strategy of the Defense Cooperation Agreement, which had been endorsed by each homes of Parliament in July and by President Petr Pavel on Aug 1.

The doc units a authorized framework for potential deployment of U.S. troops within the nation at a time of Russian aggression in opposition to Ukraine.

Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova signed the treaty along with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Washington, D.C., on May 23. The U.S. has related agreements with 24 different NATO members, together with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania and Bulgaria that kind the japanese flank of the alliance.

Any deployment of U.S. forces would nonetheless want approval by the Czech authorities and Parliament.

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