Denmark hosted the first meeting of the North-Ukraine Group format, which brings together 12 European countries and aims to promote defense cooperation.

Source: Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umierov, reported by European Pravda

Details: The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland) and the Baltic States, along with the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, formed the North-Ukraine Group format.

Defense ministers of the member states of the North Ukraine Group format.

Photo: Rustem Umierov on Facebook

Umierov noted that during the meeting, defense ministers of the member states discussed plans for 2025, Ukraine’s urgent needs and “how to respond to them together as quickly as possible.”

“Investments in Ukraine’s defense industry are a separate priority. An increasing number of countries are joining efforts to finance Ukrainian production, including through the Danish model, with the participation of Sweden, Norway and Lithuania,” he said.

The Ukrainian Defense Minister added that the next meeting in the Nordic Group-Ukraine format will be held in Ukraine.

Background:

• Last week, Umierov announcement that Norway would finance the production of Ukrainian weapons and equipment, thus joining the Danish model of military support to Ukraine.

• At the Ukraine-Northern Europe summit last month, the prime ministers of Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden expressed their interest as part of closer cooperation with the Ukrainian defense industry.

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