NATO News

On Thursday 6 May 2021, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană will take part in the High Level Symposium on Military Mobility, organized by the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Defence Agency.

On Thursday 6 May 2021, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană will take part in the Riga StratCom Dialogue 2021.

On Thursday, 06 May 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will participate in the Council of the European Union (Foreign Affairs/Defence).

Today (5 May 2021), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed King Abdullah II of Jordan at NATO Headquarters.

NATO successfully tested procedures to fast-track the airlift of troops and equipment across Europe in a simulated crisis exercise in April. The three-day test of the Alliance’s “rapid air mobility” initiative was held in close coordination with Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.

On Thursday 06 May 2021, Lieutenant General Brice Houdet, SHAPE Vice Chief of Staff, will deliver a virtual media briefing on exercise “Steadfast Defender 2021”. The briefing will be moderated by Ms. Oana Lungescu, NATO Spokesperson.

On Wednesday, 05 May 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will meet with His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

On 28-29 April 2021, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach was in Georgia to meet the President, H.E. Salome Zourabishvili, the Prime Minister H.E. Irakli Garibashvili, the Minister of Defence Mr Juansher Burchuladze and the Chief of Defence Major General Giorgi Matiashvili. He also attended a special ceremony to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Georgian Defence Forces.

Top procurement officials from NATO’s 30 Allies met on Thursday (29 April 2021) to discuss ways to adopt new and emerging technologies, and speed up the development and delivery of capabilities during a one-day meeting.

Responding to the challenges of the pandemic, many NATO Allies and partners participated in a virtual meeting of the ‘COVID-19 Defence Education Distance Learning Best Practices and Lessons Learned – Strategy Development Conference’ from 12-14 April 2021. Organised by NATO’s Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP) and the War Studies University in Warsaw, the conference suports the adaptation and development of professional military education with online platforms.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met Kosovo’s Albin Kurti at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Thursday (29 April 2021), for an exchange of views on the latest developments in the Western Balkans.

Today (28 April 2021), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski at NATO Headquarters. The Secretary General praised North Macedonia’s contributions to Euro-Atlantic security.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Prime Minister Eduard Heger of Slovakia to NATO Headquarters on Tuesday (27 April 2021). Mr Stoltenberg praised Slovakia’s contributions to the Alliance, including support to training missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Slovakia’s participation in NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Latvia.

On Thursday, 29 April 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with Mr. Albin Kurti from Kosovo at NATO Headquarters.

On Wednesday, 28 April 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet the President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Mr. Stevo Pendarovski, at NATO HQ.

On Tuesday, 27 April 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will meet the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Mr. Eduard Heger, at NATO HQ.

On 23 April 2021, 12 June 2020 and 1 April 2020, NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre received requests for international assistance from the Government of the Republic of Moldova in its response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday (22 April 2021) set out how NATO is stepping up its efforts to deal with climate change. He was attending the Leaders Summit on climate, at the invitation of President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

I am pleased to announce that the next Summit of Allied leaders will take place on 14 June 2021 at NATO HQ in Brussels, Belgium.