Defence ministers will meet today (15 April 2014) from 9.30 (CET) onwards, first as the European Defence Agency Steering Board, chaired by the High Representative as Head of the Agency.

The Council will convene from 10.30 (CET) and hear presentations on the proposed EU Maritime Security Strategy and the launch of the EU military operation in the Central African Republic.

The Council will then debate the implications of the crisis in Ukraine on security and defence policy, in the presence of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. This discussion will continue over lunch.

Press conference on the Foreign Affairs Council - Defence: Tuesday at +/- 14.00 (CET)

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