
Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers
- Date: 12.3.2009 — 13.3.2009
- Venue: Prague - Czech Republic
- Category: Informal Ministerial Meetings
- Theme: General Affairs and External Relations
This meeting was the only opportunity for the EU Defence Ministers to meet in the Czech Republic during the Czech Presidency to discuss current issues on the European Security and Defence Policy agendas.
In addition to the representatives of all the EU Member States, the informal meeting was attended by the Secretary General/High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, the Director for Defence Affairs of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, representatives of the European Commission and the Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency. The military bodies of the European Union were represented by the Chairman of the European Union Military Committee, the Director-General of the European Union Military Staff and the commanders of all the three current military operations of the EU. As the cooperation of the European Union and NATO was on the agenda and since it is regarded as important by the Czech Presidency, the meeting was attended by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
- Organizer of the Event: Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
Press Releases
- 12.3.2009 - Informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers launched...
- 13.3.2009 - Military capabilities and cooperation with strategic partners discussed by EU Defence Ministers
Photogallery
- 12.3.2009 - The first day of event
- 13.3.2009 - The second day of event
Video
- 12.3.2009 - Video recording of the press conference after the first day
- 13.3.2009 - Video recording of the press conference after the second day
- 12.3.2009 - Extracts from the informal meeting (first day; no commentary)
Photo Gallery
Attached Files
- Map of Prague (bmp, 4513 kB)
- Preliminary programme for media 10.3. (pdf, 56 kB)
- Who Is Who (pdf, 1921 kB)
Video
- Video: Extracts from the first day of meeting (wmv, 7162 kB)
Accreditation of journalists
Link to the accreditation system
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