We, the leaders of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom – members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) – met today in Visby, on the strategically important island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
We strongly condemn the appalling terrorist attacks committed by Hamas against the Israeli people, and emphasise Israel’s right to defend itself in accordance with international law.
Recalling the JEF Leaders’ Summit in Riga in December 2022, today we reiterate the valuable contribution of the JEF to deterring and defending against the threats we face in our common region of the High North, North Atlantic and Baltic Sea, underscoring that Russia is the most significant and direct threat to security and to peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. Läs uttalandet