Foreign relations of the Czech Republic
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Date: 09/12/2021

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#Foreign_relations_of_the_Czech_Republic
#Government_of_the_Czech_Republic
Embassies （not consulates） of the Czech Republic in the world.
The Czech Republic is a Central European country, a member of the European Union, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development （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 Presidency of the European Union during the first half of 2009.
Throughout the past decades, Liechtenstein continuously claimed restitution for 1,600 km2 （620 sq mi）, 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...