Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy - CFSP/CSDP

The Inter-parliamentary Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, also known as the CFSP/CSDP, enables the exchange of information and experience between parliaments regarding the EU''s common foreign and security policy and common security and defence policy. The conference will be held in the Chamber of the Riksdag on 2–3 March.

The conference can be followed live and on-demand via the Riksdag webcast service. The broadcast will start at 2 p.m on 2 March.

14:00-14:30 Welcome address and opening remarks 

• Dr Andreas Norlén, Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag
• Mr David McAllister, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
• Mr Aron Emilsson, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

14:30-16:00 Session I – The Russian aggression against Ukraine

• Mr Johan Forssell, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Sweden
• Mr Andrii Plakhotniuk, Ambassador of Ukraine to Sweden
• Ms Carolina Vendil Pallin, Deputy Research Director, Swedish Defence Research Agency 

Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy - CFSP/CSDP