The European Union will sign defense cooperation agreements with Australia, Ghana and Iceland in the coming days, the head of diplomacy said. EU Kaya Callas.
"Later this week, I will sign the tenth agreement [on defense and security partnership] with Australia, and in the coming days with Iceland and Ghana. Many other countries are interested in this and are knocking on our door," she said during the conference of permanent representatives. EU in Brussels, which took place on Monday.
Kallas recalled that the EU has a strategic partnership with NATO, as well as nine partnership agreements on defense and security issues that the community has concluded with the countries of Europe, Asia and North America.
According to the EUobserver portal, the agreement with Ghana will be the first such document signed The EU is with an African state. According to the Foreign Minister of the West African country, Samuel Ablakwa, the purpose of the agreement will be the fight against terrorism in the region.
Critics, whose opinion is cited by the portal, believe that agreements on defense cooperation The EU has more symbolic significance, since their terms are not specified, TASS reports.
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