Xinhua News Agency, Brussels, January 10 (Reporter Ren Ke) NATO and the European Union signed a joint declaration on cooperation on the 10th, aiming to strengthen Europe's collective defense and respond to common security threats.
In the morning, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, European Council President Michel and European Commission President Von der Leyen jointly attended the declaration signing ceremony at NATO headquarters.
The document signed on the day is the third NATO-EU joint declaration on cooperation after 2016 and 2018, and the two sides have updated the content of cooperation.
The new declaration says the EU and NATO will discuss growing geostrategic competition and the protection of critical infrastructure, emerging and disruptive technologies, outer space, the security implications of climate change and foreign information manipulation, according to the EU Council statement. Expand and deepen cooperation in areas such as interference and interference.
Stoltenberg said at a press conference after the signing ceremony that the strategic partnership between NATO and the EU is more important than ever, and that NATO and the EU will continue to strengthen their support for Ukraine in 2023.
Von der Leyen said at a press conference that European security was challenged by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and she called on the EU and NATO to "strengthen their own resilience."
After the escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, NATO's presence in Europe has been greatly enhanced, and the EU's strategic autonomy is "shrinking", and it has become more dependent on NATO.