U.S. DOD : Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to Visit Germany, Brussels and NATO for Ukraine Defense Contact Group and Defense Ministerial Meetings JUNE 12, 2023

 

Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to Visit  Germany, Brussels and NATO for Ukraine Defense Contact Group  and Defense Ministerial Meetings JUNE 12, 2023 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the  Joint Chiefs of StaffGen. Mark A. Milley will travel to  Wiesbaden, Germany, June 14 to meet with  troops supporting the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine  and then to Brussels, Belgium,June 15 to host an in-person  meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.  This  will be the 13th meeting of the UDCG since Secretary  Austin formed the    international group in April 2022. The  Secretary and Chairman will join ministers  of defense and senior military officials from nearly 50  nations to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the  continued close coordination by the international  community to provide the Ukrainian people with the means  necessary to defend their sovereign territory.  While in Brussels, Secretary Austin will also participate the  NATO Defense Ministerial June 16 at NATO Headquarters.