On the first day of the meeting, foreign and defence ministers will discuss the first draft of the Strategic Compass, the evaluation and steering document for the EU’s security and defence cooperation, at their joint session. On the second day of the meeting, defence ministers are to discuss the effectiveness and lessons learned from the EU’s training operations.

The ministers will receive an overview of the Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP), military mobility and progress made in implementing the EU’s permanent structured cooperation. In addition, the defence ministers will discuss cooperation between the EU and NATO with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

On the EDA Board, ministers will discuss the EDA’s support for defence sector innovation in the Member States, including transformational technologies. The ministers will adopt, among other things, the basic principles for cooperation with third countries and a negotiating mandate to establish an administrative arrangement between the EDA and the United States.

Inquiries: Special Adviser Ilmari Uljas on the meeting’s agenda, tel. +358 295 140 048, Special Adviser Krista Salo on the EDA Board, tel. +358 295 140 065 and Kristian Vakkuri, Head of Communications, tel. 358 295 140 123.