- Title: NATO defence ministers meet with Swedish, Finnish counterparts
- Date: 13th October 2022
- Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 13, 2022) (REUTERS) TURKISH DEFENCE MINISTER HULUSI AKAR GREETING SWEDISH DEFENCE MINISTER PETER HULTQVIST VARIOUS OF AKAR AND HULTQVIST SPEAKING VARIOUS OF U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN SPEAKING WITH DUTCH DEFENCE MINISTER KAJSA OLLONGREN CANADIAN DEFENCE MINISTER ANITA ANAND ARRIVING FOR A MEETING ANAND AND LITHUANIAN DEFENCE MINISTER ARVYDAS ANUSAUSKAS SPEAKING FRENCH DEFENCE MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU GREETING GREEK DEFENCE MINISTER NIKOLAOS PANAGIOTOPOULOS LECORNU AND PANAGIOTOPOULOS SPEAKING VARIOUS OF BELGIAN DEFENCE MINISTER LUDIVINE DEDONDER, LUXEMBOURG DEFENCE MINISTER FRANCOIS BAUSCH AND NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG SPEAKING ALBANIAN DEFENCE MINISTER NIKO PELESHI SPEAKING WITH NATO SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE CHRISTOPHER CAVOLI MILITARY PERSONNEL ARRIVING FOR A MEETING NATO SIGN AKAR, STOLTENBERG SPEAKING STOLTENBERG WALKING ACROSS THE ROOM
- Embargoed: 27th October 2022 10:53
- Keywords: Brussels Conflict Finland Invasion Meeting NATO Roundtable Russia Stoltenberg Sweden Top of the meeting Ukraine War
- Location: Brussels, BELGIUM
- City: Brussels, BELGIUM
- Country: Belgium
- Topics: Europe,NATO,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001196613102022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: NATO defence ministers on Thursday (October 13) met with their Swedish and Finnish counterparts at the military alliance's headquarters in Brussels.
Stoltenberg praised the U.N. General Assembly's condemnation on Wednesday of Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four partially-occupied regions in Ukraine.
Thursday's agenda at NATO headquarters in Brussels includes discussions on how to give a clear signal to industry to ramp up arms production both for internal needs and to support Ukraine's defence.
Allies will also discuss ways to improve the protection of their critical infrastructure after apparent attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines contributed to heightening tensions. It remains unclear who was behind the explosions under the Baltic Sea.
The meeting, the first held by the alliance since the Russian annexation, comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a bid for fast-track membership of NATO, but full NATO membership for Ukraine is far off because all the alliance's 30 members would have to give their consent.
On Wednesday, nearly 50 countries gathered at NATO headquarters and committed to arming Ukraine through the winter and beyond, including with new air defences, potentially preventing Russia from taking advantage of a slower winter to reset its forces.
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