NATO and EU signed a joint declaration. Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Jens Stoltenberg, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker signed the document at the NATO Summit in Warsaw.

 The document states:

«We believe that the time has come to give new impetus and new substance to the NATO-EU strategic partnership.

Today, the Euro-Atlantic community is facing unprecedented challenges emanating from the South and East. Our citizens demand that we use all ways and means available to address these challenges so as to enhance their security.

In light of the common challenges we are now confronting, we have to step-up our efforts: we need new ways of working together and a new level of ambition; because our security is interconnected; because together we can mobilize a broad range of tools to respond to the challenges we face; and because we have to make the most efficient use of resources. A stronger NATO and a stronger EU are mutually reinforcing. Together they can better provide security in Europe and beyond. 

In fulfilling the objectives above, we believe there is an urgent need to:

• Boost our ability to counter hybrid threats, including by bolstering resilience, working together on analysis, prevention, and early detection, through timely information sharing and, to the extent possible, intelligence sharing between staffs; and cooperating on strategic communication and response.

• Expand our coordination on cyber security and defence.

• Facilitate a stronger defence industry and greater defence research and industrial cooperation within Europe and across the Atlantic.

• Build the defence and security capacity and foster the resilience of our partners in the East and South in a complementary way through specific projects in a variety of areas for individual recipient countries, including by strengthening maritime capacity”.