NATO News

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to NATO Headquarters on Thursday (13 October 2022) for meetings of Allied Defence Ministers. Mr Stoltenberg thanked Secretary Austin for his strong personal leadership, as well as the US’ steadfast commitment to the Alliance, and its powerful support to Ukraine.

On Friday, 14 October 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the Minister of Defence of Hungary, Mr. Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, at NATO Headquarters.

Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană met Defence Minister Anatolie Nosatîi of the Republic of Moldova at NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (12 October 2022), praising Moldova for its contributions to international security, and underlining NATO’s commitment to deepening its partnership with Chișinău.

Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană spoke at the 2022 European Union Ambassadors' Conference on Wednesday (12 October 2022), praising the deep close cooperation between NATO and the EU, based on shared values, visions and a similar strategic outlook. He underlined the importance of ''strategic solidarity'' between Europe and North America, and between NATO and the EU, in a world of increasingly complex threats. ''We don’t have the luxury to diverge in an era of great power competition,'' he said.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg outlined the key decisions Allied Defence Ministers will take at their meetings in Brussels today and tomorrow (12-13 October 2022), calling this ''a pivotal moment for our security''.

NATO Defence Ministers will meet in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday (12-13 October 2022) to step up and sustain support to Ukraine and continue to strengthen NATO’s own defences, against the backdrop of Russia’s most significant escalation since the start of the Ukraine conflict.

On Wednesday, 12 October 2022, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană, will meet with the Defence Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Mr. Anatolie Nosatîi, at NATO Headquarters.

Speaking at a European Union budget conference in Brussels on Monday (10 October 2022), Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană called for “strategic solidarity” between Europe and North America as the best response to a more dangerous and unpredictable security environment.

NATO, as a political and military alliance, has a robust institutional framework comprised of dedicated civilian and military staff. There are several tools utilised by NATO military staff and Allied armed forces that ensure that gender perspectives are effectively integrated into all analysis, planning, missions and operations.

Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană reaffirmed NATO’s strong and unwavering commitment to peace and stability in the Western Balkans at the 2BS (To Be Secure) Forum today (Friday 7th October 2022).

Today’s generation of youth is the largest the world has ever known, and young women and men are often forming the majority of the population in countries affected by violence and armed conflicts. Their input in security is therefore essential.

More than 11,000 personnel from NATO countries are participating in UK-led Exercise Joint Warrior. Taking place from 1 to 12 October, the biannual exercise includes defence against simulated attacks above, on, and below the water – extending from Cape Wrath and the Hebrides in the north, to the North Sea and the western Channel.

On Monday, 10 October 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Mr. Rastislav Káčer, at NATO Headquarters.

From 3rd to 5th October 2022, approximately 170 participants from 42 NATO Allies and Partners as well as academic organisations and civil society gathered for the Annual Conference of the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives (NCGP). The conference focused on “Integrating Gender Perspective – Moving from Policy to Practice” with a series of panels and roundtable discussions.

While in Poland, from 3 to 5 October 2022, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer met with Polish Chief of Defence, General Rajmund Andrzejczak and visited the main logistical hub in charge of coordinating support to Ukraine. He then joined the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff, Lieutenant General Janusz Adamczak, at the Warsaw Security Forum.

On Tuesday 11 October 2022, at 15:00 CET, the NATO Secretary General will brief the press ahead of the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence, which will take place on 12 and 13 October 2022.

In recent weeks, the Republic of Moldova received more than 6 tonnes of personal protective equipment - including gloves and isolation gowns – as well as 3 ventilators and 10,000 COVID-19 antigen tests from NATO’s Pandemic Response Stockpile.

Addressing the Helsinki Security Forum on Friday, 30 September 2022, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană said that the damage to two pipelines in the Baltic Sea this week are of “deep concern” and noted that all “currently available information indicates that this is the result of deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage”. He said that NATO supports the investigations underway to determine the origin of the damage; and that “allies have been exchanging information including with Finland and Sweden in this sense”.

On Saturday, 1 October 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will receive the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ms. Mette Frederiksen.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg condemned Russia’s attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine as “illegal and illegitimate.” Speaking to press on Friday (30 September 2022), he underlined that NATO Allies do not and will not recognise any of this territory as part of Russia. “We call on all states to reject Russia’s blatant attempts at territorial conquest,” he said.