ANNOUNCEMENTS
President von der Leyen travels to EUs frontline states to bolster solidarity and defence
Starting tomorrow, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will travel to Latvia, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Romania.
Her visit will underscore the EUs support for Member States facing the challenges of sharing borders with Russia or Belarus. She will also discuss Europes security and defence with government leaders and military officials.
Tomorrow, 29 August, President von der Leyen will arrive to Riga, where she will meet the Prime Minister of Latvia, Evika Salina. They will visit a facility manufacturing drones, which has received EU support via NextGenerationEU.
Later in the day, the President will be in Helsinki. She will meet the Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo. The President and the Prime Minister will be briefed on Europes response to Russias shadow fleet and threats from seabed warfare targeting critical undersea infrastructure like communication and power cables, and energy pipelines. President von der Leyen will participate in a working dinner hosted by the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb.
On Saturday, 30 August, the President will be in Estonia, where she will meet Prime Minister Kristen Michal. The President will exchange with Estonian Defence Forces and NATO military personnel.
On Sunday, 31 August, President von der Leyen will visit Poland, where she will meet Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Together, they will travel to the border with Belarus to observe the operations in place to monitor and safeguard the Eastern borders.
Later in the day, the President will be in Sofia, where she will meet the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Rossen Jeliazkov. They will visit a leading state-owned defence factory and the largest armaments production site in the country.
On Monday, 1 September, President von der Leyen will travel to Vilnius. She will meet with the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda. They will also visit the countrys border with Belarus. The two presidents will witness the preparations against hybrids and conventional threats.
In the afternoon, the President will travel to Romania where she will meet President Nicușor Dan and Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan. They will travel to the border with Ukraine. President von der Leyen will discuss EU-NATO cooperation as well as prevention, detection, defence and deterrence of maritime and hybrid threats.
(For more information: Paula Pinho – Tel.: +32 2 292 08 15)
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