BRUSSELS, March 16 (KUNA) — Senior officials from NATO and the European Union met on Thursday to launch a new NATO-EU Task Force on Resilience of Critical Infrastructure.
“Cooperation to strengthen critical infrastructure has become even more important in light of the sabotage against the Nord Stream pipelines, and Russia’s weaponisation of energy as part of its war of aggression against Ukraine,” said NATO in a statement.
In a separate statement, the EU said that the Task Force will cover four sectors at this stage: energy, digital infrastructure, transport, and space.
The Task Force is between EU and NATO staff, and it will be established within the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue on Resilience, it noted.
This Task Force was announced jointly by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg last January “Today we successfully launched the first meeting of the Task Force for Resilient Critical Infrastructure. EU and NATO senior experts will work hand in hand to identify key threats to our critical infrastructure and work on responses,” said von der Leyen. (end) nk.gb
Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)