The EU will sign defence partnerships with Australia, Iceland and Ghana in the coming days, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
The European Union will sign new defence partnerships with Australia, Iceland and Ghana in the coming days as Brussels looks to deepen security cooperation with like-minded partners amid rising global instability, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Monday.
Speaking in Brussels, Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said the agreements are part of a broader push by the European Union to expand its defence and security network beyond the continent.
“There are many other interested countries knocking at our door,” she said.
Diversifying security partnerships
According to Kallas, a growing number of nations are seeking to diversify their security and defence partnerships as geopolitical tensions and conflict risks rise across several regions.
“A growing number of countries around the globe are seeking to diversify their partnerships to manage the heightened risk,” she said.
The planned agreements aim to strengthen cooperation in areas such as defence capabilities, military mobility, cyber security, maritime security and crisis management.
While the EU has long maintained close security ties with NATO allies, Brussels has increasingly sought to build bilateral defence partnerships with countries in the Indo-Pacific, Africa and other strategic regions.
Expanding the EU’s global security role
The new deals with Australia, Iceland and Ghana reflect the EU’s efforts to position itself as a more active security actor globally, particularly as strategic competition between major powers intensifies.
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