Borrell stressed the particular importance of EU-NATO cooperation

“I thank Jens Stoltenberg for attending today's meeting of EU defense ministers. Cooperation between the European Union and NATO remains particularly important, ”he wrote on his Twitter.

During the bilateral meeting, Borrell and Stoltenberg discussed the situation in Belarus, the Eastern Mediterranean, Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq.

In February, Borrell called on the European Union to re-learn the language of power to defend its own interests.