Ahead of the Vilnius Summit, the Atlantic Council’s Northern Europe Office, the Lithuanian Embassy and the NATO Contact Point Embassies of Germany and Portugal, will host a Pre-NATO Summit in Stockholm on May 11 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CET / 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. ET.

The goal of the pre-summit is to bring together representatives from Sweden, Finland and NATO Allies to discuss Swedish and Finnish contributions to NATO, goals for Vilnius, and possible outcomes of the summit.

The Swedish and the Finnish Ministers of Foreign Affairs – Tobias Billström and Pekka Haavisto – will open the summit, followed by  keynote speeches from the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs – Gabrielius Landsbergis and NATO Deputy Assistant Secreary General for Defence Policy and Planning – Major General Jörg See.

A panel discussion, “Entering a New Era of Strengthening Euro-Atlantic Security: Sweden & Finland in NATO,” will feature the Swedish Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Michael Claesson, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, Major General Jörg See, and  Deputy Head of Department for European Security Policy, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ditte Egnell.

The event will be livestreamed across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.

Opening remarks

Panel discussion

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