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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday (09 November 2022) thanked Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for the United Kingdom’s key contributions to NATO and its strong support to Ukraine.

On 9 November 2022, representatives from over 30 Partner Nations attended informal workshops at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, to discuss areas of common interest, including crisis prevention and management, cooperative security, counter-terrorism and human security. The Bi-annual Meeting with Partners was hosted by the Cooperative Security Division of the NATO International Military Staff (IMS).

On 10 November 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to Rome, Italy.

I am pleased to announce that the next meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government will take place in Vilnius on 11-12 July 2023.

Russia’s weaponisation of food and energy as part of its illegal war in Ukraine underlines the need to increase resilience, diversify energy supplies and sources, and accelerate the transition to cleaner, greener economies, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today (8 November 2022).

Today’s new technologies are changing the ways wars are waged and won, and we all have a role to play in ensuring our security in a more dangerous and competitive world. This was the message Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana gave to NATO’s first annual data and AI leaders’ conference in Brussels today (8 November 2022).

On Wednesday, 09 November 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to the United Kingdom.

On 08 November 2022 the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will open the High-Level Discussion on Climate Security, organised by the Munich Security Conference (MSC) at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoană, spoke today (4 November 2022) at the GoTech World 2022 Conference in Romania. He said that our security is tied to our ability not just to innovate but to innovate differently, responsibly, and cooperatively.

During a three-day visit to Türkiye, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan in Istanbul on Friday (4 November 2022).

NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoană, spoke today (3 November 2022) at the Prague Cyber Security Conference 2022. He said that there is an ongoing battle of ideas between free, democratic nations and authoritarian regimes, including in the field of technology, and that NATO Allies are committed to the principles of responsible use that reflect our values and human rights.

On 03-05 November 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to Türkiye.

On 27 and 28 October 2022, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Bauer was in Serbia, where he met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, the Minister of Defence, Miloš Vučević, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic, the Acting Assistant Minister of Defence Policy, Predrag Bandić, and the Chief of Defence, General Milan Mojsilović. He also visited the NATO Military Liaison Office and gave a lecture at the University of Defence Military Academy. Throughout the visit, Admiral Bauer was accompanied by Colonel Milan Ranković, the Serbian Military Representative and Head of the Mission to NATO.

The International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) hosted a one-day conference at NATO HQ in Brussels, Belgium on 27 October 2022, on financial transparency and accountability as key elements of good governance. The objective of the conference was to raise the interest and to stimulate discussion with internal stakeholders, such as the Council, National Delegations, NATO bodies, and also external stakeholders, such as the Supreme Audit Institutions and citizens of NATO member states, the Partner Nations, other international organisations, audit institutions, and academia.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă to NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (26 October 2022) to address Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine and the implications for security in the Black Sea region.

On Tuesday (25 October 2022), NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană emphasised how taking innovative, non-traditional approaches to problem solving is key to NATO’s approach to current and emerging security challenges. Addressing over 1,000 experts from industry, academia, government and not-for-profit organisations at the NATO Edge conference in Mons, Belgium, Mr Geoană said, “We want the disruptors from all areas of life: public, private and academic. The people who think and act differently. In NATO, we’re now in the business of uniting disruptors to shape a peaceful future. Because security is everyone’s job.”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Adriatic Sea on Tuesday (25 October 2022). The Bush currently leads a carrier strike group under NATO command, which Mr Stoltenberg called “a demonstration of US capability and commitment to the Alliance”. He added: “this carrier sends a powerful message of Allied deterrence every day.”

On Wednesday, 26 October 2022, the NATO Secretary General will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Mr. Urmas Reinsalu, at NATO Headquarters.

NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre and Romania signed a cooperation agreement on Monday (24 October 2022) to deliver paramedic training for Ukrainian first responders.