NATO News

On 1 March 2025, the Republic of Korea joined NATO’s Science & Technology Organization (STO) Science & Technology (S&T) Enhanced Partnership, a programme designed to promote joint research and development in advanced S&T fields. With this status, the Republic of Korea will participate in the NATO S&T Board, which provides strategic guidance on NATO’s collaborative scientific research, and engages in joint research and development projects in areas such as medicine, sensing, cyber security, propulsion and power systems.

On Thursday, 20 March 2025, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ms Radmila Shekerinska, will take part in a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) for an exchange of views.

Brussels, NATO HQ, 18 March 2025 – Led by Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, the 32 NATO Chiefs of Defence, together with Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Christopher G. Cavoli and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Admiral Pierre Vandier, met (via VTC) today, to discuss the current global security environment.

On Wednesday, 19 March 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will receive the President of the Republic of Serbia, Mr Aleksandar Vučić, at his official residence, in Brussels.

On Monday, 17 March 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Mr Kęstutis Budrys, at NATO Headquarters, in Brussels.

On Thursday 13 and Friday 14 March [2025] NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Washington DC to meet the President of the United States of America Donald J. Trump.

On 10 and 11 March 2025, NATO’s Secretary General, Mark Rutte, visited Sarajevo and Pristina. In Sarajevo, he met high-level officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the Chair and members of the Presidency, the Chair of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Defence, and the Acting Minister of Security, as well as with the Commander of NATO Headquarters Sarajevo, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Commander of the EUFOR mission. The Secretary General also engaged with students at the University of Sarajevo.