2023
Permanent Secretary Pulkkinen to attend JEF ministerial meeting
Esa Pulkkinen, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, will represent Finland in the meeting of the ministers of defence from the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partner nations to be held in Amsterdam on 13 June 2023. The topics on the meeting agenda include cooperation to support Ukraine and to promote the security situation in the neighbouring areas.
A scenario-based exercise (Table Top Exercise, TTX) will also be organised in connection with the meeting. The objective is to practice the JEF's political decision-making in crisis situations.
The UK-led JEF is a multilateral framework for defence cooperation formed by ten countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Finland joined the JEF in 2017. Through their cooperation, the JEF partner countries aim to develop military capabilities, prevent various crises and, if necessary, act together in crisis situations. The main operating environment is Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea region.
Inquiries: Senior Staff Officer Tatu Mikkola, Ministry of Defence, tel. +358 295 140 006.