News item
January 17th, 2024
STAR plan
The October 2020 Government agreement included a provision to update the implementation of the Strategic Vision of Defence at the horizon of 2030. With my colleagues in the government and the Defence staff, we set about updating the Vision, which was indeed a necessary objective in view of the complex, uncertain and unpredictable security environment in which we live, as demonstrated by the current situation in Ukraine. This process, which follows on from the POP (People Our Priority) and…
Press Release
October 13th, 2023
Joint press release from the Belgian Minister of Defense, Ludivine Dedonder and the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Roustem Umerov
Today, on the sidelines of the ministerial meetings at NATO Headquarters, Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder and her Ukrainian counterpart Minister Umerov met in a bilateral meeting.
Press Release
July 18th, 2023
Starting a BENELUX support Initiative, the M113 APC
Joint Statement by the Defence Ministers of Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands:
Press Release
October 13th, 2022
Signing of the Declaration of Intent concerning the location of the Belgian-Luxembourg reconnaissance battalion
On Thursday 13 October, Ludivine Dedonder, Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium, and François Bausch, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, signed a Declaration of Intent concerning the location of the bi-national reconnaissance battalion.
Press Release
April 6th, 2022
Op-ed by: Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of Defence of the Netherlands, Ludivine Dedonder, Minister of Defence of Belgium, and François Bausch, Minister of Defence of Luxembourg
On 21 March 2022, EU leaders adopted the EU Strategic Compass, an action plan for the next 5-10 years aimed at strengthening EU defence cooperation.
