Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley will travel to Wiesbaden, Germany, June 14 to meet with troops supporting the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine and then to Brussels, Belgium, June 15 to host an in-person meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. This will be the 13th meeting of the UDCG since Secretary Austin formed the international group in April 2022. The Secretary and Chairman will join ministers of defense and senior military officials from nearly 50 nations to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the continued close coordination by the international community to provide the Ukrainian people with the means necessary to defend their sovereign territory.
While in Brussels, Secretary Austin will also participate the NATO Defense Ministerial June 16 at NATO Headquarters.