(10 Apr 2025)
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Brussels – 10 April 2025
1. French defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, arriving
2. Romanian defence minister, Angel Tilvar, arriving
3. Close of Camera
4. Luxembourg defence minister, Yuriko Backes, arriving
5. Mid shot of NATO member countries’ flags
6. Ukrainian defence minister, Rustem Umerov, arriving
7. Latvia defence minister, Andris Spruds, arriving
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Andris Spruds, Latvia defence minister:
"We can do a lot of ourselves, we can do a lot as European nations. We have a lot of our own capabilities, at the same time, yes, still there are the details must be cut out how we cooperate with our partners. We believe strongly in transatlantic language, we believe that again those formats like Rammstein must be sustained, where US is also part of, but there are also the formats where US might not be part of. And that’s it. I guess fairly enough that in our neighborhood, in European neighborhood, we Europeans should be able also to deal efficiently with aggressor countries, especially taking out our capacities, our capabilities, our will also to of course invest in those challenging times that we are all facing."
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Antti Hakkanen, Finland defence minister:
"We are seeing that Russia doesn’t have enough desire for peace, so it’s highly important that we are strengthening the Ukraine’s position in the military, in the industrial field and also in the financial field, and also increase the pressure for Russia to come to the negotiation table. And of course we are today having also the briefings from the military side that what could be the security arrangements after the peace, a ceasefire or some kind of peace treaty."
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Pal Jonson, Swedish defence minister:
"From the Swedish position, we said it’s important with some form of US engagement, I think it’s important to make an assessment how this will affect NATO’s other DDA activities, defense and deterrence activities, and of course there had to be some sort of rules of engagement. But again, once again, it’s a bit early to tell, and our focus predominantly right now is on supporting Ukraine as much (as possible) and providing the Ukrainians with the new support packages. And that’s our key focus right now."
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative:
"Well, we are constantly working with this. It is also in the interest of the United States that there is stability and peace in Europe because it is, what is happening in Ukraine and how this war ends also has an impact on other security theaters like Asia-Pacific, for example. So it’s also in the interest of United States."
15. Cameraman filming
16. Kallas leaving
STORYLINE:
Britain and France on Thursday convened a meeting of defense ministers from around 30 countries to press ahead with plans to deploy troops to Ukraine to police any future peace agreement with Russia.
The meeting at NATO headquarters – the first of the so-called coalition of the willing at the level of defense ministers to refine the planning – comes after a visit to Kyiv last week by senior British and French military officers.
As usual with coalition gatherings, the United States will not take part, but the success of the coalition’s operation hinges on U.S. backup, with airpower or other military assistance. However, the Trump administration has made no public commitment that it will do so.
Countries are also reluctant to contribute personnel without U.S. support.
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