On Wednesday 17 November 2025, at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska, together with the Chair of the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, Delphine Pronk, led an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council and the Political and Security Committee, focusing on military mobility.
Military mobility is a cornerstone of NATO-EU cooperation and an important element in broader transatlantic security cooperation, despite this, barriers persist. Ensuring the complementarity and coherence of NATO and EU efforts is therefore essential. The discussion made clear that the swift movement of personnel, equipment and supplies into and across Europe is indispensable for credible deterrence, effective crisis response, and sustained support to Ukraine.
NATO is developing a Reinforcement and Sustainment Network to support the movement of troops and equipment across Europe. Allies will provide host nation support as necessary, including for collective defence. More frequent and larger-scale exercises and increased national efforts to strengthen logistics capabilities are bolstering NATO's capacity to get the right forces, to the right place, at the right time.
The Deputy Secretary General welcomed the EU's Military Mobility Package. The package represents an important step towards improving military movement through Europe and will improve NATO's ability to deter and defend by streamlining cross border movement procedures, removing regulatory bottlenecks, and strengthening the resilience of critical transport infrastructure.
The meeting concluded this year's series of meetings between the North Atlantic Council and the Political and Security Committee following earlier exchanges on Ukraine and Operation ALTHEA.
