“Both leaders agree that it is necessary to increase military spending throughout the alliance, and also spoke in favor of the need for deeper cooperation in the development of defense equipment and equipment for deeper integration into NATO,” the British Prime Minister’s office said in a release.
In addition, Costa and Johnson expressed their full support for Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, and also expressed their confidence that these countries will strengthen the alliance.
It is noted that a joint declaration was signed between Portugal and the UK to strengthen cooperation.
Earlier, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, at a meeting in Vilnius of the heads of government of the Baltic States and Germany, expressed hope that concrete steps towards strengthening the eastern wing of the North Atlantic Alliance would be made at the upcoming NATO summit in Madrid.
Prior to this, Kallas and Johnson had discussed the possibility of establishing a command structure at the NATO divisional level in Estonia.