• Military Menu                       

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

• WMD
• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

The Presidents of Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia adopted a joint statement on cooperation in defense and security and resilience building

President of the Republic of Lithuania

December 06, 2024

On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda, together with Estonian President Alar Karis and Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, adopted a joint statement on enhanced cooperation in defense, security and resilience building.

In a joint statement by the Baltic leaders, the three countries express their commitment to invest more than 3% of GDP in their defense capabilities, and call on NATO allies and European Union member states to do the same. The countries also commit to boosting the Baltic defense industry and working together to attract global companies to invest in the region.

"There is an urgent need to build a strong Baltic Defense Line in close coordination with Poland's Eastern Shield project. EU and NATO focus and investment is needed to progress quickly in strengthening EU and NATO border security and defense architecture in the Baltic region. In addition, we call to strengthen military mobility to and within the region," the joint statement reads.

The statement by the Presidents of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia underlines the commitment of the countries to further promote effective and synchronized military assistance to Ukraine, and to support it on its irreversible path to membership in the EU and NATO.

The statement also emphasizes that the Baltic States will actively contribute to developing NATO's strategic approach to Russia and call on the EU institutions to work on an EU strategy on how to deter and respond to all hybrid threats posed by Russia

The full text of the statement is available here.

The President's Communication Group