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Romanian Minister of Defense attends EU informal meeting in Finland

Meeting will be chaired by High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini.

Romanian Minister of Defense attends EU informal meeting in Finland

Articol de Radu Dobriţoiu, 28 August 2019, 09:28

Romanian Minister of Defense, Gabriel Leș, will attend, on August 28-29, in Helsinki, Finland, the Informal Meeting of EU Defense Ministers.

Meeting will be chaired by High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, are also invited to attend.

Agenda includes working sessions and debates on coordinated maritime presence, artificial intelligence and new technologies, as well as the impact of climate change and the environment on security and defense.

On August 29 there will be a joint session with EU Foreign Ministers, focused on current issues in reference to hybrid threats.

Source:RRA.Translated by Miruna Matei

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