Informele bijeenkomst coördinatoren defensiebeleid (en)

The main objective of this session is to discuss the European External Action Service and Polish Presidency plans concerning principle directions of works within military aspect of CSDP during Poland’s Presidency as well as to prepare the informal meeting of Defence Ministers in Wroclaw.

Undersecretary of State for defence policy in Ministry of National Defence Zbigniew Wlosowicz, PhD, will open the meeting which will be co-chaired by the director of International Security Department of MOD- Marcin Kazmierski and Deputy Secretary General of European External Action Service- Maciej Popowski.

Defence policy directors of EU i member states Ministries of Defence, representatives of the EU institutions responsible for executing CSDP and (in a part of the meeting) NATO representative will participate in the meeting.

During the meeting issues concerning the EU operational involvement in the Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and in Somalia will be discussed. The directors will also discuss directions of development of defence capabilities, especially including initiative within the Weimar Triangle and “pooling and sharing” mechanism. Other subjects of the meeting will be the EU relations with international partners within CSDP: with other organisations (NATO, UN, AU) and, what is a new element in CSDP - relations with eastern partners of the EU.