UK-Lithuania joint declaration on bilateral cooperation 2022 - GOV.UK 05/08/2022, 19:14 18. We are prepared to prioritise security and respect for sovereignty over short-term economic gain. Those who seek to gain by oppression, coercion or invasion are being proved wrong by the Alliance’s stand on global security – one that not only seeks to deter, but also ensures that aggressors fail. By working together and expanding trade, we can deprive aggressors of their leverage and can reduce strategic dependence. 19. We will further strengthen our cooperation in areas such as resilience, including cyber defence and countering hybrid threats, military mobility in Europe, addressing Russia’s threat and China’s challenge as well as energy and climate security. We will work together to take forward the NATO 2030 agenda and develop NATO’s next Strategic Concept to strengthen our Alliance. 20. We also recognise the importance of a stronger and more capable European defence. We remain committed to NATOEU cooperation in areas of security and defence based on the principles of coherence, complementarity and interoperability. 21. We will continue to coordinate and exercise our joint capabilities through the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), the Northern Group, national and international exercises, as well as through NATO initiatives and activities, including the enhanced Forward Presence (eFP). Lithuania remains committed to providing Host Nation Support to regular deployments of British troops and combat aircraft. 22. Lithuania and the UK commit to an enhanced programme of integrated JEF exercises and activities at sea, on land and in the air in the High North, North Atlantic and Baltic Sea region. We will coordinate closely with our like-minded partners within JEF to enhance defence and deterrence in the region, and ensure that Russia cannot continue to threaten European security. We will work in complement to NATO and the EU to counter both Russian and wider threats to our collective security. 23. Lithuania and the UK, along with other NATO Allies, are increasingly the target of hybrid and cyber threats that aim to weaken our economies, democracies and social cohesion. We will therefore increase our deterrence and resilience https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-lithuania-joint-declar…n-2022/uk-lithuania-joint-declaration-on-bilateral-cooperation-2022 Page 9 of 13