Eurocorps welcomes further EU and NATO Nations

Soon 13 European nations represented in Strasbourg headquarters

On its way to High Readiness Force Headquarters (Land), the HQ Eurocorps has been opened for participation of all European Union and NATO member nations. In a signature ceremony today, NATO member states Greece, Poland and Turkey signed an agreement to join the Eurocorps by detaching staff members to the headquarters in Strasbourg.

In a next step a similar agreement with EU nations Austria and Finland will be signed. Italy will contribute by a liaison officer, as the Netherlands and United Kingdom already have done earlier. Together with the five original Eurocorps member nations Belgium, Germany, France, Luxemburg and Spain, Eurocorps Headquarters will henceforward involve personnel of 13 European nations.

Eurocorps Commanding General, Lieutenant General Holger Kammerhoff stressed in his welcome address, that the process of multinationalisation will go on – “the door remains open, other nations are still invited to contribute to this unique European headquarters.”

In addition to the agreement on multinationalisation, Eurocorps member nations concluded agreements concerning logistics in case of strategic deployment and equipment needed for the future role of Headquarters Eurocorps. Moreover they signed a Command and Control Agreement with NATO, that completes the “SACEUR-Agreement” of 1993, describing the general rules and procedures of an Eurocorps employment under NATO command.

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