Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
Priorities for European Presidency: Engagement with Ambassador of Sweden
H.E. Mr. Magnus Ryd?n:
I thank the Deputy for the questions. On security, as part of our priorities we will enhance the co-operation between the European Union and NATO. Not being part of the EU Presidency priorities and role, I will put my Swedish hat back on and we can note that Sweden has applied for membership of NATO, together with Finland. There is an agreement between Finland, Sweden and Turkey, which we are working on, so we will take that forward. That is not part of the Presidency, however. We need to continue working on the common foreign and security policy of the European Union and that is also something we will look into during our Presidency.
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