The United States and the eight Nordic and Baltic countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden held the Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (EPIN) Dialogue on May 20–21 in Stockholm, Sweden. US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Douglas Jones led the US delegation.
The United States and our Nordic and Baltic allies discussed shared regional and global priorities, including continued support for Ukraine amid Russia’s illegal war, preparations for the Washington NATO summit, countering Russia’s malign activities on friendly territory, This includes deepening cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. and supporting Belarusian sovereignty, independence, and democratic aspirations. EPIN remains an integral consultative forum that deepens transatlantic security and is even stronger now that all nine parties are NATO allies following Sweden’s accession to NATO in March.
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