President Stubb to attend JEF Leaders’ Summit in Estonia

Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
Press release 66/2024
5 December 2024

President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb will attend the JEF Leaders’ Summit on 16–17 December 2024 in Tallinn.

Topics of the meeting will include JEF countries’ support for Ukraine and strengthening deterrence and defence. The meeting will also discuss the security situation in Europe. Representatives from all ten countries involved in JEF defence cooperation have been invited to the Summit, which will be hosted by Prime Minister of Estonia Kristen Michal.

In the context of the Summit, President Stubb will also meet President of Estonia Alar Karis.

The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a multilateral framework for defence cooperation led by the United Kingdom. In addition to the UK, the other participants are Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The objective is to develop the military capabilities of the participating countries through joint exercises, to prevent crises and, if necessary, to operate together in crisis situations. JEF’s main operating environment is Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea region.

The JEF leaders last met in October 2023 in Sweden.