SECURITY - DEFENCE / Nato

NATO calls for maximum inclusion of non-EU Allies in European defence efforts

Brussels, 12/07/2018 (Agence Europe)

In a declaration adopted after the first day’s work of the NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday 11 July, the 29 member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) call on the European Union to involve non-EU member states in European defence-related actions and programmes.

Seven Allies, we recall, are not members of the EU – Albania, Canada, Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, Turkey and the United States.

In their declaration, the leaders say: “For the strategic partnership...