自1993年1月1日捷克与斯洛伐克分离之时起,捷克就意识到:捷克虽未遭到侵略,但由于历史遗留的领上、种族、宗教等方面的问题,在捷克与中欧国家接壤的东面和南面爆发局部冲突的可能性依然存在,因此,加入北约成为本国国防建设的核心内容。经过多方努力,1998年4月.捷克议会和美国参议院都正式批准了捷克加入北大西洋公约组织的议案,并定于1999年 Since the Czech Republic’s separation from Slovakia on January 1, 1993, the Czech Republic has realized that although the Czech Republic was not aggressed, its borders with the Central European countries due to its historical ties to ethnicity, religion and other issues The possibility of local clashes between the east and the south broke out. Therefore, joining NATO has become the core content of our national defense building. After much effort, in April 1998, both the Czech Parliament and the U.S. Senate formally approved the Czech Republic’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and is scheduled to begin operation in 1999