Defence Ministers’ talks, which will last to 18th October, provide a forum to discuss current and potential threat to the regional security with a particular consideration of the war in Ukraine and Russian threat. Global security issues will be also the subjects to discussion, i.a. during the sessions involving partners of Indo-Pacific region.

Before the session of Allied Defence Ministers, the meeting of members of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS was held. The coalition members summed up 10 years of cooperation and set out the future policy orientations and objectives for the ISIS defeat.

Within the framework of NATO-Ukraine Council the Defence Ministers discussed the issue of further provision of support of Ukrainian defence effort. 

On the occasion of the sessions, the Minister of National Defence participated in a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg. Polish Minister of Defence discussed with the Italian Defence Minister issues concerning i.a. cyber crime threats, building the resilience to hybrid threats and disinformation. Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz talked with his Lithuanian counterpart about Eastern Shield and strengthening of the borders.

During the first day of NATO’s Defence Ministers’ meetings in Brussels, the Deputy Prime Minister signed two letters of intent with the allied countries concerning training capabilities development and, as a result, enhancing i.a. interoperability. 

Poland as one of the first countries joined DIAMOND (Delivering Integrated Air and Missile Operational Networked Defence) initiative, which establishes interoperability enhancing , joint training and support of European defence industry in respect of air and missile defence.

The second of the signed letters concerns accession to the Distributed Synthetic Training that may allow to strengthen capabilities of the Polish Armed Forces and the Alliance for the execution of the advanced trainings and exercises with the use of the latest technical solutions. Enabling of conducting exercises and distributed synthetic trainings will not replace traditional military training but it may definitely constitute a complementary part of armed forces preparation for the realization of tasks concerning deterrence and defence.