BRUSSELS, May 3 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday stressed NATO-EU cooperation and addressed the agenda of the upcoming NATO summit at a meeting with members of European Parliament (MEPs).
Addressing the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee and subcommittee on security and defense, Stoltenberg said a lot of progress has been made to deepen the cooperation between the European Union and the alliance since a joint declaration was signed in 2016. The meeting comes ahead of a key NATO summit in Brussels later this month, which U.S. President Donald Trump will attend.
The two blocs also agreed on a series of concrete measures to strengthen the cooperation on some key areas, including countering hybrid threats, maritime security and cyber defense.
During the meeting, growing EU-NATO cooperation to fight human trafficking in the Mediterranean and boost cyber defense capabilities were among the issues discussed between Stoltenberg and MEPs.
On the meeting of NATO leaders on May 25, Stoltenberg said, "This will be a short but very important meeting because it will be the first time Trump has come to NATO as president and it will also be the first one with the new French president."
He told the committee that the summit will focus on NATO's role in the fight against terrorism, as well as the transatlantic bond and fair burden-sharing.
"This meeting, however, will I believe send a strong message about the transatlantic resolve. It will specifically address burden sharing and the ongoing fight against terrorism," Stoltenberg said.
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