North Sea nations to work on infrastructure security pact

Security advisers from the North Sea nations agreed to work out a pact to jointly protect critical sub-sea gas pipelines and power cables, telecoms connections and wind farms. 
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere attend the second North Sea Summit, in Ostend, Belgium April 24, 2023. | Photo: Yves Herman/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere attend the second North Sea Summit, in Ostend, Belgium April 24, 2023. | Photo: Yves Herman/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By John Ainger and Michael Nienaber / Bloomberg

Several nations attending the North Sea Summit in Belgium on Monday will work on an agreement that will allow the use of drones to monitor key sites, according to a document seen by Bloomberg News. The plan is to set up a cross-border information sharing platform for security incidents and enable action to be taken to help in the territorial waters of the member countries. 

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