Czechia will explicitly name Russia and China as security threats

Czechia will explicitly name Russia and China as security threats in its new security and defense strategy documents, according to Jan Jireš from the Ministry of Defense. Until now, the respective documents contained general formulations such as "certain states" or "instability and regional conflicts in the Euro-Atlantic area".  Senior officials at the defense and foreign ministries are working on new documents that will define the Czech position, ambitions and plans in security and defense policy, taking into account the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the changed global security situation, Jireš said.