Extraordinary meeting of NATO FMs on situation in Ukraine to convene in Brussels

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will hold a meeting of the NATO member states' foreign ministers with invited partners on the situation in Ukraine on Friday at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

"An extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of foreign ministers will be held at NATO headquarters on Friday, March 4. The meeting will be held in person under the chairmanship of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg," the alliance's press service said in a communiqué.

The meeting will be attended by the Foreign Ministers of Finland and Sweden and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

The program of the meeting indicates that Stoltenberg and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make short statements before it begins.

The official notice does not indicate the subject of the upcoming debate between NATO foreign ministers, however, sources in Brussels and the media say the purpose of the ministerial meeting is to coordinate the actions of Western countries in connection with the Russian aggression against Ukraine, in particular, to support the Ukrainian authorities.

Stoltenberg at a press conference in Brussels on March 2 said: "We are not part of the conflict. We will not participate in the conflict. NATO will not be on the ground with forces, soldiers in Ukraine and will not be in the airspace over Ukraine. But we support the Ukrainian government."

The alliance continues to coordinate its plans with non-members Finland and Sweden and with the European Union.