On January 15, 2025 the Dutch Minister of Defence, mr Ruben Brekelmans, was visited by his Baltic colleagues – mr Hanno Pevkur (Estonian Minister of Defence), mr Andris Sprūds (Latvian Minister of Defence) and mrs Dovilė Šakalienė (Lithuanian Minister of National Defence). The Ministers participated in the panel of the Baltic Defense Line seminar on Strengthening the Defence of NATO’s Eastern Flank organized by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and gave a joint press conference. In addition to that they also met with the Defence Commission of the Dutch Parliament.