EU foreign and defense ministers have reached an agreement a "strategic compass" which directs the future of the bloc’s defense co-operation, according to a tweet from the Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto Monday evening.
"Welcomes the agreement reached on the commitment of the EU Strategic Compass to deeper cooperation," Haavisto tweeted on "Finland in the EU" twitter account.
The development of an EU defense strategy has been under way for some time, and a draft strategic compass was published last November.
The Compass provides a common strategic vision for EU defense and security, aimed at: improving the state of preparedness of the EU’s armed forces and civilian experts; develop rapid troop deployment capacity; make joint investments in military capabilities; increase the bloc’s ability to prevent and deter issues such as hybrid threats and other foreign disruptions; strengthen cooperation between NATO, the UN, the OSCE, the AU and ASEAN, and intensify cooperation with the United States, Canada and Norway.
The content The strategy was revised after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Source: The Nordic Page