EU, NATO to develop new joint declaration by June 2022

BRUSSELS, 07 October 2021, (TON): The European Union and NATO will develop a new joint declaration by June 2022, when the next NATO summit is due to take place. This is stated in the statement of the President of the European Council Charles Michel following the results of the first day of the informal EU summit in Slovenia.

The statement said “we will develop a new political declaration with NATO before the NATO summit in June 2022.”

The President of the Council of Europe once again assured that cooperation between the EU and NATO is the cornerstone of the community’s security.

Summit participants on Tuesday discussed the concept of a new community defense system called the EU Strategic Compass and plans to form an EU rapid reaction force. As Michel confirmed, this strategy and plans for a rapid reaction force are due for approval in March 2022.

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