The meeting takes place on Wednesday and Thursday. During the first day, the government leaders will discuss transatlantic relations and regional security in the Baltic Sea region, as well as long-term support for Ukraine.
In a statement that SVT has seen, it is announced that the countries have agreed to increase aid to Ukraine.
“In the coming months, we will increase our support. That includes Ukraine’s defense industry, and we will invest in making more ammunition available to Ukraine,” it says, among other things.
– Giving more money than NATO’s two percent goal will be necessary, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the press conference from Harpsund.
Supports Ukraine’s victory plan
The countries’ statement also states that they see Russia as the “most significant and direct threat to our long-term security” and that they support Ukraine’s victory plan.
The victory plan means, among other things, that Ukraine will be invited to NATO and also be allowed to launch long-range robots at targets inside Russia, which they have recently received approval from the United States to do.
Poland to propose “maritime police”
At the meeting, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed his desire for “maritime police” to be established in the Baltic Sea to increase security.
– I am very happy that my colleagues found it interesting, says Tusk during the press conference.
The details of the Polish proposal come shortly after two underwater cables were destroyed in the Baltic Sea shortly after the Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 had passed through the area.