Foreign Affairs Council, 15 November 2022

Summary:

A meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) was held on 15 November 2022, focusing on matters relating to defence. The agenda included the following items:

• Briefing on the state of play on the European Peace Facility (EPF);
• Discussion on a potential CSDP engagement in Niger;
• Update on work relating to the EU Rapid Deployment Capacity and on the initiatives concerning military mobility and cyber defence;
• Discussion on how to step up defence investments and defence capabilities, on the basis of the second report of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD);
• Informal exchange of views on Russia's invasion of Ukraine with NATO's Secretary General, following a presentation by Ukraine's minister of defence;
• Launch of the EUMAM Ukraine operation;
• Adoption of an EPF assistance measure to support capacity building of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by EUMAM Ukraine;
• Adoption of Decision authorising the Netherlands to formally invite the United Kingdom (UK) to join the PESCO project Military Mobility.

The European Defence Agency (EDA) ministerial steering board met before this Council meeting.

Official

General Secretariat of the Council: Background Brief for Council Meeting - Foreign Affairs Council (Defence), 15 November 2022 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/60057/20221114-15-background-note-november-fac-fac-defence_en.pdf

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