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.
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