On 28 and 29 April in Bornholm, Denmark, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, is taking part in the annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic states and Nordic countries (NB), to be joined by the ministers of the Weimar Triangle countries: the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radosław Sikorski; the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Annalena Baerbock; and the Minister Delegate for European Affairs of France, Benjamin Haddad.
The meeting is to focus on further support to Ukraine, and the security and defence of the EU and the Euro-Atlantic space.
A joint press conference of all the NB8 and the Weimar Triangle foreign ministers will be held on Tuesday, 29 April.
Further information
- The NB8 (Nordic–Baltic Eight) format comprises Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
- In 2025, cooperation among the NB8 countries in the foreign affairs sector is coordinated by Denmark, who has set the following priorities: cooperation in the strengthening of security and defence; promotion of regional and global support to Ukraine; and enhancing European military industrial and defence capabilities.
- Read more about NB8 on the Foreign Ministry website: Co-operation among the Baltic and Nordic countries
- The Weimar Triangle is a regional alliance of France, Germany, and Poland created in 1991 on the German to promote Poland’s integration into the EU and NATO.