(22 May 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Warsaw - 22 May 2023
1. Polish Defence Minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, welcomes Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of Defence of the Netherlands
2. Blaszczak and Ollongren shaking hands
3. Blaszczak welcomes Anne Marie Aanerud, Norway's vice-minister of Defence
4. Blaszczak and Aanerud shaking hands
5. Blaszczak welcomes Pål Jonson, Swedish Minister of Defence
6. Blaszczak and Jonson shaking hands
7. Blaszczak welcomes Ben Wallace, UK Minister of Defence
8. Various of Northern Group defence ministers gathering for family photo
9. Close of Northern Group logo
10. Various of ministers at roundtable meeting, Blaszczak speaking
STORYLINE:
Defence ministers and senior defence officials from 12 northern European countries are meeting in Poland on Monday to discuss stepping up deterrence and security on NATO’s eastern flank and strengthening Ukraine’s defences, ahead of NATO’s summer summit.
They are meeting at military facilities in Legionowo, near Warsaw, as part of the so-called Northern Group - a platform for developing security initiatives for NATO and European Union members.
Officials will also discuss preparations for the July NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
That summit is expected to gauge prospects for Ukraine's membership of the alliance.
Recently, the US agreed to allow training on American-made F-16 fighter jets, laying the groundwork for their eventual transfer to Ukraine.
Initiated by the UK in 2010, the Northern Group includes the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Poland and the three Baltic states.
Germany and Norway are sending deputy defende ministers to the meeting and Iceland will be represented by a Defence Ministry director-general.
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