Britain and Germany to bolster defence cooperation with new agreement

23/10/2024 7:20

        Britain and Germany will sign a defence agreement on Wednesday, the first of its kind between Europe's two biggest spenders on defence, which includes a
        commitment to develop new deep-strike weapons.
        
        The two NATO allies said the pact, known as the Trinity House Agreement, would strengthen their ability to cooperate and conduct exercises on the bloc's eastern flank, improving their deterrence in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
        
        "With projects across the air, land, sea, and cyber domains, we will jointly increase our defence capabilities, thereby strengthening the European pillar within NATO," German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said, adding that the Ukraine war showed that "we must not take security in Europe for granted".
        
        "It is particularly important to me that we cooperate even more closely to strengthen NATO's eastern flank and to close critical capability gaps, for instance in the field of long-range strike weapons."