- Foreign relations of Slovakia
Slovakia has been a member ofEuropean Union since 2004. Slovakia has been an active participant in U.S.- and NATO-led military actions. There is a joint Czech-Slovak peacekeeping force in Kosovo. After theSeptember 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on theUnited States , the government opened its airspace to coalition planes. In June 2002, Slovakia announced that they would send an engineering brigade toAfghanistan .Slovakia is a member of the
United Nations and participates in its specialized agencies. It is a member of theOrganization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), theWorld Trade Organization (WTO), and theOECD . It also is part of theVisegrad Four (Slovakia,Hungary ,Czech Republic , andPoland ), a forum for discussing areas of common concern. Slovakia and the Czech Republic entered into aCustoms Union upon the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993, which facilitates a relatively free flow of goods and services. Slovakia maintains diplomatic relations with 134 countries. There are 44 embassies and 35 honorary consulates inBratislava .Disputes - international:bilateral government, legal, technical and economic working group negotiations continued in 2006 between Slovakia and Hungary over Hungary's completion of its portion of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric dam project along the Danube ; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Slovakia must implement the strict Schengen border rules cite web
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title =Slovakia
work =The World Factbook
publisher =CIA
date =2007
url =https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lo.html
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accessdate = 2007-02-16 ]Illicit drugs:
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Slovak diplomatic missions
*List of diplomatic missions in Slovakia References
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