The Defence Strategy of the Czech Republic country’s membership of NATO and the EU, and benefits from the provision of home defence and security while, in turn, committing the Czech Republic to adequately contribute to the development of the collective defence of other member countries. 8. While the likelihood of a direct military attack against the territory of the Czech Republic remains low, it cannot be ruled out that the security and/or territorial integrity of some NATO nations or EU Member States may be threatened in such a way as to require the engagement of the Czech Armed Forces in collective operations to ensure the defence of these Allied nations. The Czech Republic therefore steadily develops the interoperability and efficiency of the Armed Forces by following the process of NATO’s defence planning and conducting military exercises with our foreign partners. The Czech Republic supports the strengthening of Europe’s security and defence and therefore actively engages in deepening defence cooperation within the EU framework. 9. The Czech Republic has been actively taking part, and will continue to take part, in international missions, peace support and peacekeeping operations, and rescue and humanitarian operations in foreign countries. It will continue to help build up the defence capacity of the armed forces of partner nations in unstable regions. In foreign operations, Czech Armed Forces cooperate with our partner and allied armed forces in accordance with international treaties and commitments. Outside the territory of the Czech Republic, the Armed Forces are deployed to support the efforts of the international community, in accordance with the principles of international law, in a broad range of operations led by NATO, the EU, UN and other international organisations and ad-hoc coalitions, or on a bilateral basis. The Czech Armed Forces can take part in collective defence operations, peace enforcement, peace support and peacekeeping operations, as well as in post conflict stabilisation and reconstruction. Furthermore, service personnel of the Czech Armed Forces may perform their tasks in humanitarian missions, rescue and evacuation operations, as well participate in additional civilian operations and observer missions of international organisations. They also contribute to the build-up and development of security and defence capabilities of partner nations in unstable regions, both on multilateral as well as bilateral basis. 8