Brussels 01.05.2023 Today arriving at Oslo City Hall to chair a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on Thursday, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Allies would discuss preparations for the Vilnius Summit, not least “how to step up and sustain our support for Ukraine”. Arriving at Oslo City Hall 🇳🇴 to chair a meeting of…
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Stoltenberg: don’t underestimate Russia
Brussels 24.05.2023 “…The German Marshall Fund is an extremely important platform for transatlantic conversations, dialogue and discussions, which has always been important, but in many, many ways, it’s even more important now than it has been ever before” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg while addressing the Brussels Forum, organized by the GMF. #BrusselsForum #Ukraine…
Ukraine: €10 bn of military support via European Peace Facility
Brussels 23.02.2023 “We will continue discussing about [Russia’s] war in Ukraine with the Ministers of Defence” said the EU top diplomat, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council, Defence. ❗ NOW available: background brief ahead of the Foreign Affairs (Trade) Council, 25 May 2023…
Borrell: on ‘tectonic shift’
Brussels 11.05.2023 The European Union Military Committee (EUMC) convenes on 11 May 2023 at the level of EU Chiefs of Defence (CHODs). The meeting is presided by General Robert Brieger, the EUMC Chair. Important exchange today with EU Military Committee in format of 27 Chiefs of Defence on most important developments in area of security…
NATO: transformation of Alliance
Brussels 10.05.2023 “…Admiral Bauer, Rob, you mentioned that we have entered a new era of collective defence. And thanks to the work of this Committee and our military leaders across the Alliance, NATO is prepared” said Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General in opening remarks, addressing the 189th Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session in…
Finland joins NATO in coming days
Brussels 31.03.2023 “I welcome the vote by the Turkish Grand National Assembly to ratify Finland’s membership in NATO” said Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg in a statement, reflecting the country’s membership in NATO. ❝Finland will formally join our Alliance in the coming days. Their membership will make Finland safer and NATO stronger….
Borrell: space is strategic domain
Brussels 24.01.2023 “The purpose of my intervention is to highlight the current geopolitical context of space, its relevance for the security and defence perspective” the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said, while addressing the 15th European Space Conference “Securing the future of Europe in space”, taking place in Brussels, January 24-25, 2023. 🔴 LIVE |…
Borrell: Ukraine military support
Brussels 23.01.2023 “We will start by the Ukraine war. We will study how to continue supporting Ukraine militarily” the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said, entering the Foreign Ministers Council meeting on 23 January. “We will discuss about a new tranche of the European Peace Facility (EPF) to provide more funding for Ukraine. And then,…
Belarus hosts joint military drills
Brussels 29.12.2022 Russia has stationed more than 10,000 soldiers in Belarus, the head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Serhiy Deyneko said during a national newscast on December 28. Russian Armed Forces have been deployed in Russia’s Belarus, Deyneko said, as per the Ukrainian outlet Pravda. The amassed in Belarus 10,200 servicemen from…
EU military training mission for Ukraine
Brussels 17.10.2022 Today in Luxembourg European Union top diplomats are expected to formally establish a mission to assist in the training of Ukrainian military personnel, known as EUMAM Ukraine as agreed at the EU Council in Prague earlier. Today HR/VP @JosepBorrellF is chairing the Foreign Affairs Council #FAC in Luxembourg. On the agenda:🔹Russian aggression against…
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