• Military Menu                       

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Industry
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• WMD
• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

December 5, 2025
Release

Readout of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's Meeting With Swedish Minister of Defence Pål Jonson

Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Senior Advisor Sean Parnell provided the following readout:

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth welcomed his Swedish counterpart, Minister of Defence Pål Jonson to the Pentagon today. The leaders discussed ways to enhance U.S.-Sweden bilateral defense cooperation and exchanged views on regional security issues. The Secretary expressed appreciation for Sweden's leading role in rapidly increasing its defense spending and taking a serious and committed approach to collective defense in Europe.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4350778/