The Ambassadors, who represent all 27 EU Member States and all 32 NATO Allies, considered how NATO and the EU can further combine efforts to help Ukraine defend its territorial integrity and secure a just and lasting peace. This is the first time such a meeting has happened since 2022. 

Ambassadors also looked at options for deepening EU-NATO co-operation in areas such as defence-industrial support for Ukraine, taking into account the lessons learned on the battlefield. The PSC Chair, Ambassador Delphine Pronk, and NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska jointly chaired the meeting.

EU-NATO cooperation is central to enhancing Ukraine’s defence capabilities, including equipping and training Ukrainian forces. EU Member States, EU institutions and NATO Allies continue to provide substantial financial support to Kyiv, and also help Ukraine advance its reform processes towards EU accession and the Euro-Atlantic path. 

Assistance comes from the EU Military Assistance Mission Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) , which has trained 76,000 Ukrainian soldiers, and the EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) , which provides specialist training and advice Ukraine’s civilian security sector. 

NATO continues its short, medium and long-term support to Ukraine, including through the NATO-Ukraine Council (NUC), the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU), the Comprehensive Assistance Package (CAP), Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC) and the NATO Representation to Ukraine (NRU). 

Background

In June 2024, the EU and Ukraine signed joint security commitments, which assert the EU’s commitment to help Ukraine to defend itself, resist destabilisation efforts and deter acts of aggression in the future. 

The EU and NATO aim to facilitate greater defence industrial cooperation with Ukraine, including by addressing urgent defence industrial production needs and supporting Ukraine’s defence industry and procurement reforms in line with Euro-Atlantic standards. 

The launch of the EU-Ukraine Task Force on defence industrial cooperation paves the way for the integration process of the Ukrainian defence industry into the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base. 

PSC-NAC meetings remain an important means of practical co-operation between the EU and NATO.

Read the press release about the PSC-NAC meeting on the NATO website.