At the Tallinn summit NB8 leaders urged stronger, sustained backing for Ukraine, arguing that continued support is crucial to deter threats and protect regional security.<\/p>\n
The North Baltic Eight (NB8) continues active engagement with partners and explains why stable support for Ukraine is important for Europe\u2019s security.<\/p>\n
After the NB8 meeting in Tallinn, Inga Ruginene, who leads the Lithuanian government, stressed the alliance\u2019s role and the importance of sustained support for Ukraine, noting that NB8 countries remain among the most active supporters of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
The NB8\u2019s Role in Supporting Ukraine<\/p>\n
\u00abThe NB8 countries have always been among the strongest supporters of Ukraine. Our task is not only to preserve our own support, but also to continue defending Ukraine\u2019s interests across Europe and beyond\u00bb<\/p>\n
\u2013 Inga Ruginene<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister called on NB8 to continue cooperating with partners and to explain why ongoing political, military, financial, and humanitarian support for Ukraine remains important for the security of our countries.<\/p>\n
\u00abcontinue cooperating with partners and explain why ongoing political, military, financial, and humanitarian support for Ukraine remains important for the security of our countries\u00bb<\/p>\n
\u2013 Inga Ruginene<\/p>\n
She also stressed that \u201crecent drone incidents\u201d underscore the importance of a strong NATO presence and credible deterrence across the Alliance\u2019s eastern flank.<\/p>\n
\u00abrecent drone incidents\u00bb underscore the importance of a strong NATO presence and credible deterrence across the Alliance\u2019s eastern flank<\/p>\n
\u2013 Inga Ruginene<\/p>\n
She separately noted the need to leverage Ukraine\u2019s \u201cunique experience,\u201d adding that the joint declaration to strengthen cooperation between Lithuania and Ukraine will translate into practical cooperation.<\/p>\n
\u00abunique experience\u00bb of Ukraine<\/p>\n
\u2013 Inga Ruginene<\/p>\n
Speaking about transatlantic unity, Ruginene stressed that NB8\u2019s message must remain clear and consistent: \u00abA strong transatlantic partnership and allied unity are vital for NB8\u2019s security, the entire region, and NATO\u00bb.<\/p>\n
\u00abA strong transatlantic partnership and allied unity are vital for NB8\u2019s security, the entire region, and NATO\u00bb<\/p>\n
\u2013 Inga Ruginene<\/p>\n
In the context of the NB8 summit in Tallinn, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took part in discussions on regional unity and security.<\/p>\n
The North Baltic Eight includes Estonia, Denmark, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Sweden.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, issues of missile deliveries to air defense systems and international efforts to achieve peace were discussed.<\/p>\n
Overall, the meeting reaffirmed NB8\u2019s shared positions on supporting Ukraine and strengthening unity in the transatlantic arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the Tallinn summit NB8 leaders urged stronger, sustained backing for Ukraine, arguing that continued support is crucial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[89],"tags":[19910,167,32470,51899,52977,38,37127,166,52978],"class_list":["post-103811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallinn","tag-air-defence-missiles","tag-estonia","tag-nato-deterrence","tag-nb8","tag-nb8-support-for-ukraine-tallinn-summit-nato-deterrence-air-defence-missiles","tag-news","tag-support-for-ukraine","tag-tallinn","tag-tallinn-summit"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116721093689996822","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}