Plans to realise a common
European defence "do not mean establishing a European army but
having more cooperation for a more effective defence that is
fully complementary to NATO", EU foreign policy chief Federica
Mogherini said Tuesday.
This includes using existing instruments such as the EU
battle groups, or military units constituting a rapid reaction
force, Mogherini continued.
"Today we are starting to work on concrete ideas" so that
"they can be approved at the European summit in December", the
foreign policy chief said on arriving at an informal meeting of
EU defence ministers in Bratislava to discuss the plan.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg would also be
present at the meeting to discuss the "enactment of the joint
EU-NATO declaration signed in Warsaw in July", Mogherini said.
"This symbolises the fact that we have been working
together from the outset," she added.
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