2020
Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to attend informal meeting of EU defence ministers
On 20 November 2020, Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will attend an unofficial meeting via video connection for the EU Defence Ministers and, in addition, the Steering Board meeting of the European Defence Agency (EDA).
The agenda of the unofficial meeting includes a strategic evaluation of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and the process of strategic evaluation and steering of EU security and defence cooperation called a "Strategic Compass".
The Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) will be presented at the Steering Board meeting and EDA’s first post-Brexit budget and a three-year work plan will be discussed.
Inquiries: Special Adviser Ilmari Uljas, tel. +358 295 140 048, and Head of Communications Kristian Vakkuri, Ministry of Defence, tel. +358 295 140 123.