At the meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels on June 5, member countries’ defence ministers agreed on new capability targets for the Alliance, SİA informs via the Government Offices of Sweden website.
In conjunction with the meeting, Swedish Minister for Defence Pal Jonson also signed a number of agreements on behalf of Sweden.
NATO Capability Targets define which military capabilities member countries need, in order to implement NATO’s operational plans and contribute to the Alliance’s collective defence. New capability targets are adopted every four years. The targets are divided into short-term (0–6 years) and medium-term objectives (7–19 years). Targets for the coming years were adopted at the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels on June 5.
To meet the new capability targets, Allies need to increase their defence spending. At the meeting, Allies also discussed the proposal for new defence spending targets, as part of preparations ahead of the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 24-25.
Jonson also held bilateral meetings with Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), Admiral Pierre Vandier.
In conjunction with the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, all NATO countries located around the Baltic Sea signed a joint statement on increasing security in the region. Jonson signed the statement on behalf of Sweden.
In their statement, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany and Sweden pledge to deepen cooperation on increasing security in the Baltic Sea region, and to push for enhanced cooperation between the EU and NATO on issues related to security in the region.
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