th August, at Berlin, in the Informal Meeting of EU Defence Ministers, which is conducted under the aegis of the German Presidency of the EU Council and in the Conference of the Framework Nations Concept Participating Countries ( FNC), in the format of the defence ministers, coordinated by Germany (DEU FNC). These are the first meetings of the defence ministers held in the context of the Covid-19 pandemics.

The meeting agenda includes debates on the EU's operational commitments and ways to increase cooperation with partners, the future orientation instrument of the EU in the field of security and defence Strategic Compass, as well as the European Concept of Security and Defence in the post-Covid context.

The Conference of the Framework Nations Concept Participating Countries ( FNC) will focus on debating and approval of the No.4 Progress Report of the nation-type group coordinated by Germany (DEU FNC). The report reflects the evolutions made by this group throughout 2019-2020, as well as activities conducted on the two main directions of the initiative: establishment of formations and capability clusters identified to be developed.

NATO's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, and UN-Undersecretary for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean Pierre Lacroix were also invited to participate in the meetings.

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