Overview
- Boris Pistorius and Iceland’s foreign minister signed an intent declaration to expand cooperation on air and maritime surveillance, cyber defense, critical infrastructure protection and maritime logistics.
- Germany plans to use Icelandic ports as a logistics hub for warships, submarines and supply vessels, with temporary deployments of P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft envisioned at Keflavík.
- Pistorius met his Canadian and Norwegian counterparts in Ottawa to advocate Canadian participation in the German–Norwegian 212CD submarine program, with a Canadian procurement decision expected by spring.
- Officials cast the moves as strengthening NATO’s northern posture and safeguarding undersea cables and transatlantic sea lines in response to Russian activities in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
- Canada weighs bids that include TKMS’s 212CD design and a South Korean offer, as Germany and Norway highlight shared training, maintenance and interoperability already established under the program.