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EU-NATO cooperation as the key to Euro-Atlantic Security
26.9.2022
Identifying specific options designed to improve cooperation of EU and NATO defence planning, enhancing planning of the EU defence capabilities and stepping up the implementation of EU capability development targets: those were the objectives of the international seminar called The EU and NATO Defence Planning Coherence held in Prague on September 19-20, 2022, and organised by the Czech Ministry of Defence as part of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Besides representatives and experts from the EU Member States and NATO Nations, the seminar was attended by representatives of the European Defence Agency, EU and NATO staffs and the academia.
Czech Defence Ministry welcomed the EU Military Committee as part of the Czech Presidency
23.9.2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, European defence cooperation and EU-NATO cooperation were the key topics of the European Union Military Committee Away Days hosted in Prague and Hradec Králové on September 21-23, 2022, as part of the program of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Jana Černochová received the U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Prague
9.9.2022
On Friday, September 9, Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Jana Černochová welcomed U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Prague. The Ministers discussed assistance to Ukraine and bilateral cooperation.
The Minister of Defence Jana Černochová will discuss the safety of Europe with the US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin
6.9.2022
The Minister of Defence Jana Černochová will meet the US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin in Prague on September 9th. Lloyd Austin will arrive in Prague from Ramstein, Germany where the UDCG Conference is held concerning the aid to Ukraine. The meeting is a follow-up to the April visit of the Czech Minister of Defence to the Pentagon. The follow-up meeting will confirm the US-Czech alliance and will emphasize transatlantic relations.
Informal meeting of the EU Member States’ Defence Ministers took place in Prague
30.8.2022
On August 29-30, 2022, Prague was the venue to an informal meeting of Defence Ministers of the European Union Member States. Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová started the meeting in the Prague Castle on Monday August 29, and the discussion day took place in the Prague Congress Centre on Tuesday August 30. The Ministers primarily entertained Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the negative effects of Russia’s policy on the stability of other parts of the world including the Balkans and Africa. In this regard, the Defence Ministers focused both on further practical support to the defending Ukraine by European countries and on the EU’s military engagement outside Europe. Ministers also debated new instruments with the potential for strengthening the EU Member States’ defence capabilities in a fast and coordinated fashion.