Defence Chief joins NATO military committee meeting in Prague

Chief of Finnish Defence Forces General Janne Jaakkola is participating in NATO’s highest Military Authority, the Military Committee began in Prague on Friday.

The two-day meeting will discuss the strategic development of the Alliance, said Finnish Defence Forces in a press release.

The commanders of the Allied member states will focus on the implementation of political decisions made at the NATO Summit in Washington.

Chaired by General Christopher G. Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, the meeting will focus on coordinating the defence capabilities of the Euro-Atlantic region and achieving their common objectives.

The meeting will also focus on developing support for Ukraine and utilizing insights from the war in Ukraine to enhance the Alliance’s own operations. The goal is to increase Ukraine’s interoperability with NATO.

The NATO Military Committee, consisting of the Chiefs of Defence from Member Nations, meets three times a year to discuss NATO’s operations, missions, and activities and to provide military advice to NATO’s political leadership, the North Atlantic Council, on how the alliance can address global security challenges.