U.S.-EU leaders to unveil new forum for defense, security talks

Top U.S. and European Union officials are readying a new channel for dialogue on defense and security issues…a senior EU military official said.

An announcement to that effect could come as early as Dec. 3 from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and chief EU diplomat Josep Borrell, according to French Vice Adm. Hervé Bléjean, the director general of the EU Military Staff.

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European Union and U.S. officials have attempted to cement closer ties on defense and diplomacy after former President Donald Trump…was not re-elected and President Biden entered the White House in January 2021.