On December 16-17 Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis will meet with his Latvian and Estonian counterparts Jüri Luik and Artis Pabriks in Tallinn.
On December 16 the Baltic Defence Ministers will be joined by Minister of National Defence of Poland Mariusz Błaszczak. The Ministers are expected to discuss the Baltic-Polish cooperation in security and defence area, exchange views on the regional security situation. Other topics of the meeting will be regional air defence, NATO agenda, U.S. presence in the region.
On December 17 the Baltic Defence Ministers will carry on with the Baltic agenda: discuss trilateral Baltic cooperation projects – development of a joint regional maritime awareness capability, special operations forces cooperation, etc.
The three Baltic Defence Ministers will sign a Joint Communique at the end of the meeting.
Cooperation with the other Baltic states is one of the main Lithuania’s international cooperation priorities. Baltic Defence Ministers and Chiefs of Defence are meeting biannually, Baltic Defence Policy Directors, Commanders of air, land, naval, special forces, and experts of various levels are meeting on a regular basis as well, to discuss political aspects of regional security, jointly develop practical cooperation projects, such as the Baltic Defence College, assignment of a joint Baltic unit to NATO forces, Baltic Air Surveillance Network and Control System, Baltic Naval Squadron. Further priorities of the Baltic Defence Cooperation are proposed at such meetings.
