On 18 November 2021, Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World, participated in the EUMS (EU Military Staff) 20th anniversary ceremony, held in Brussels, Belgium, together with Claudio Graziano, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), and Hervé Bléjean, Director General of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS).

On this occasion, they gave a keynote address where they paid tribute to all military personnel who gave their lives in the pursuit of global peace and European security, and emphasised the importance of having a European Union that could protect its citizens and its values.

This video shows the entire ceremony.