MILITARY COMMITTEES

The Romanian Chief of General Staff, General Daniel Petrescu is attending the meetings of the European Union Military Committee and the NATO Military Committee, both held in Brussels until May 19. The agenda of today’s EUMC meeting includes the implementation of the “Strategic Compass”, the document regulating the EU’s defense and security framework until 2025, the effects of the war in Ukraine as well as the EU’s top priorities in the field of defense and security. The NATO meeting scheduled for tomorrow will discuss the geostrategic context and preparations for the NATO Summit in Madrid. NATO Defense Ministers will also look the developments in Ukraine, the implementation of the Deterrence and Defense Concept in the Euro-Atlantic area and NATO’s long-term posture. NATO Defense Ministers will also discuss NATO’s warfare concept, the Romanian Defense Ministry reports.