Go to mediabank NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. File photoBRUSSELS, Sep 26 The time has come for a new EU-NATO declaration to be signed, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said following a meeting Monday with European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels.»NATO cooperation and The EU contributes to security and stability, so we believe it is time to agree on a new joint declaration to develop the partnership,» Stolteberg wrote on Twitter. The Europeans turned to Zelensky after his statement about Putin. The EU-NATO joint declaration was supposed to be signed back in 2021, but the signing did not take place for unknown reasons. This summer, the EU said they were counting on progress in negotiations between the union and NATO on a new joint declarations of cooperation following the approval of the European Defense Strategy «Strategic Compass» and the adoption of a new strategic concept for the alliance sa at the Madrid summit in June this year. It is noteworthy that the new European strategy provides for the creation of an EU rapid reaction force that can operate autonomously from NATO. At the same time, EU representatives emphasize that NATO remains the main organization for ensuring the security of Europe. According to European sources, the new joint declaration of the EU and NATO will have to reflect the «geopolitical context», new and existing areas of cooperation, including cybersecurity, security in space, malicious technologies , the impact of climate change on security, the fight against disinformation and interference in internal affairs, cooperation in the field of defense planning. . What the new Italian authorities are preparing for Ukraine
