{"id":42830,"date":"2021-12-03T10:18:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T18:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42830"},"modified":"2021-12-03T12:18:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:18:56","slug":"joint-statement-by-the-secretary-of-state-of-the-united-states-of-america-and-the-eu-high-representative-for-foreign-affairs-and-security-policy-vice-president-of-the-european-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42830","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement by the Secretary of State of the United States of America and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy\/Vice President of the European Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>12\/03\/2021 02:00 PM EST<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J.\u00a0Blinken\u00a0and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy\/Vice President of the European Commission\u00a0Josep\u00a0Borrell:<\/p>\n<p><em>Begin text:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Secretary\u00a0of State Antony J. Blinken\u00a0and\u00a0High Representative\u00a0of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission\u00a0Josep\u00a0Borrell reaffirm the United States and the EU\u2019s enduring partnership and shared commitments to\u00a0Transatlantic security and confronting\u00a0common\u00a0security challenges, in line with the depth of our\u00a0bond,\u00a0common values,\u00a0and shared interests.<\/p>\n<p>They both\u00a0welcome the European\u00a0Defence\u00a0Agency Steering Board\u2019s approval of a negotiating mandate for an Administrative Arrangement with the United States and express a shared commitment to seek to conclude negotiations soon.<\/p>\n<p>They acknowledge the importance of a stronger and more capable European defense that contributes to global and Transatlantic security and recall the need to develop coherent, complementary, and interoperable capabilities. \u00a0They support the fullest possible involvement of the United States in EU\u00a0defense initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>As envisioned in the June 2021 U.S.-EU Summit joint statement, they\u00a0announce\u00a0the launch\u00a0of a U.S.-EU dialogue on security and defense\u00a0on the occasion of\u00a0the visit\u00a0by European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino\u00a0and\u00a0Director General of the EU Military Staff Vice Admiral Herv\u00e9\u00a0Bl\u00e9jean\u00a0to Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The first meeting of the\u00a0dialogue, which will aim to pursue closer cooperation in the fields of security and defense, will be held in early 2022 with the participation of the U.S. Departments of State and Defense and the European External Action Service\u00a0as well as the European Commission and the European\u00a0Defence\u00a0Agency, as appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0High Representative and the\u00a0Secretary\u00a0reaffirm\u00a0their unwavering support for robust NATO-EU cooperation and the commitments outlined and principles enshrined in the 2016 and 2018 Joint\u00a0Declarations.\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b>They\u00a0<wbr><\/wbr>commit\u00a0to\u00a0continue\u00a0working<u>\u00a0<\/u>joi<wbr><\/wbr>ntly to raise the level of\u00a0ambition\u00a0for NATO-EU cooperation,\u00a0in order to further strengthen this mutually reinforcing key strategic partnership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12\/03\/2021 02:00 PM EST &nbsp; Office&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42831,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42830\/revisions\/42831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}