21/10/24 (Agence Europe) – On Saturday 19 October, the defence ministers of the G7 countries, meeting for the first time, called for the defence industry to be strengthened, encouraging a solid commitment and industrial cooperation with partners. “We envisage greater cooperation, coordination and synergy aimed at a strong, responsive, secure, competitive and resilient defence industrial capacity and production. We will work on exploring multinational cooperation on efficient procurement, and aggregating demand to improve efficiencies”, they announced, also highlighting “the need for a more cooperative approach to research and development”. The ministers recognised the importance of ensuring “reliable, predictable and stable access to finance” for defence industries, acknowledging the specificities of the defence sector, fully taking into account sustainable finance policies. To see the declaration: https://aeur.eu/f/dyx (CG)