Försvarsminister Peter Hultqvists anförande på UK NATO Heads of Mission’s Forum, regeringen.se

I will speak about the changing security situation in the region and the challenges facing us – such as cyber and disinformation, and systems and structures to tackle them.

However, I will start by saying a few words on how the military-strategic situation in our region has deteriorated. The region has become less secure. Not least in the current situation when the focus is to combat the spread of COVID.19, which is affecting us all.

Challenges to European security must be met together and this calls for close dialogue and cooperation. Every year a vast number of exercises take place in our region. Common exercises in the Baltic Sea region signal that we take shared responsibility for the security. Läs talet