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The EU is preparing a joint response protocol for hybrid attacks outside NATO’s Article 5
EU High Representative Kallas said after the EU defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels that the emergency security protocol would focus on attacks falling outside NATO’s Article 5.
EU High Representative Kallas said after the EU defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels that they had discussed an “emergency security protocol” with the ministers.
The protocol is intended to provide a coordination mechanism against “gray-zone” attacks. Kallas said the arrangement would complement NATO and enable the EU to respond more strongly to Russia’s hybrid attacks.
Kallas said it was still too early to explain how the protocol would work. She noted that work also needed to be carried out with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, in addition to the member states.
The arrangement is set to focus on steps EU countries could take during attacks that do not constitute armed attacks and do not fall under NATO’s Article 5. Kallas said many member states had stressed that the mechanism must be strictly complementary to NATO.
Kallas said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had proposed such a protocol so that the EU could establish a joint response if an EU country that is not a NATO member came under hybrid attack.
Europe’s defense preparedness
The meeting also addressed the European Defence Agency’s report on Europe’s defense preparedness. Kallas said Europe needed to rearm more quickly and effectively to meet its 2030 defense targets.
Kallas said Europe’s defense investments required a decisive shift in scale and speed in capability development, innovation and industrial capacity. She announced that a proposal for the European Defence Agency to take on a greater role in joint procurement and innovation had been approved.
Freedom of navigation and the Red Sea mission
Kallas said they had also discussed freedom of navigation with the ministers, stressing that disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Black Sea had effects extending beyond the regions concerned.
Kallas said two EU countries had signaled that they would provide additional support to the EU’s Aspides mission in the Red Sea, noting that the mission had no mine-clearing capability. She said the mission needed frigates, air defense support and vessels capable of escorting commercial ships.
Decisions on Ukraine
Kallas recalled that funding had been approved to enable Ukraine to purchase U.S.-made PAC-3 missiles used in Patriot air defense systems. Noting that missile production took time, Kallas indicated that EU countries could send missiles from their own stocks to Kyiv.
Kallas announced that agreement had been reached in the first step of the strategic review process on extending by two years the mandate of the EU Military Assistance Mission, which provides training and advice to Ukrainian soldiers. She said a coordination unit would be established in Kyiv to strengthen military training.
Kallas said progress had also been made on financing the modernization of two military training centers in Ukraine. She added that operations against the “shadow fleet” needed to continue in coordination to reduce Russia’s ability to finance the war.
Kallas said the EU’s IRINI naval operation in the Mediterranean had conducted boarding operations against six vessels identified in recent months as belonging to the shadow fleet. She added that she had received information from German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul about his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Kallas alleged that Lavrov had made sarcastic comments after the meeting and argued that this showed Russia was not interested in peace.
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