NATO News

On Friday, 16 October 2020, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană will speak at the 67th Annual Anciens’ Conference and Seminar “What kind of NATO do we need in a post-Covid World” organized by the NATO Defense College (NDC).

Allied Chiefs of Defence today, 9 October 2020, elected Admiral Rob Bauer, Chief of Defence of the Netherlands Armed Forces to be the next Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, the senior military adviser to the Secretary General. Admiral Bauer will take up the position following the end of Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach’s tenure in June 2021.

Laryssa Patten is a Canadian space engineer and expert working at NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency. Together with experts from other NATO Allies, she helps enhance NATO’s space technologies and services.

On Tuesday, 13 October 2020, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană will take part in the State of Europe 2020, an event organised by Friends of Europe. The panel “Beyond hard security” will be moderated by Dr. Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, at NATO Headquarters on Thursday (8 October 2020). He hailed North Macedonia’s membership of NATO on 27 March 2020 as a remarkable achievement “after years of determination and commitments to reform”. “It is good for the people of North Macedonia” he said “and it contributes to Euro-Atlantic security”.

Speaking at the Bucharest Forum today (8 October 2020), NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana emphasised the vital importance of resilience and of the NATO Alliance as our nations defend our values against a broad range of security challenges.

On Thursday, 8 October 2020, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet the President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, Mr. Zoran Zaev, at NATO Headquarters.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid to NATO headquarters on Wednesday (7 October 2020). He thanked Estonia for showing solidarity with Allies and partners throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, including by donating critical medical supplies to Italy and Spain and supporting NATO partners Georgia and Ukraine.

Today (7 October 2020), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke about the importance of technology and resilience at the yearly Global Security Bratislava Forum. The forum was held as a virtual event.

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană and the NATO Chief Scientist Dr Bryan Wells opened the 14th NATO Operations Research and Analysis Conference. The event, organised jointly by the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) and Allied Command Transformation (ACT), took place virtually on 5-6 October 2020, and had as its theme Emerging and Disruptive Technology (EDT).

On Thursday, 8 October 2020, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană will speak on the Future of NATO at a seminar organised by Aspen institute, in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Istituto Affari Internazionali and the Spanish Real Instituto Elcano.

Visiting Athens on Tuesday (6 October 2020), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos. In his meetings, the Secretary General addressed the security situation in the region. He praised Greece’s role as a valued Ally and its contributions to NATO missions, from Afghanistan to Kosovo.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg started a two-day visit to Turkey and Greece on Monday (5 October 2020). While in Ankara, Mr. Stoltenberg had discussions with President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and Defence Minister Hulusi Akar about the security situation in the region, NATO’s support for Turkey, and the establishment of a military de-confliction mechanism with Greece.

On Thursday, 8 October 2020, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană will give a keynote speech at the Bucharest Forum conference on “Resilience, Pandenomics and the Great Acceleration” followed by Q&A session.