NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (29 November 2023) for the first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of foreign ministers. Photo: Left to right: Dmytro Kuleba (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine) with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg MrContinue Reading
The NATO Invitee associates itself with this Statement The NATO-Ukraine Council (NUC) met today for the first time at the level of Foreign Ministers, as Russia continues its brutal war of aggression, to act together to further deepen the NATO-Ukraine relationship. Allies remain steadfast in their commitment to further stepContinue Reading
Addressing the NATO-Industry Forum in Stockholm on Wednesday (25 October 2023), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg highlighted the vital link between NATO, Allies and industry when it comes to ensuring support to Ukraine, strengthening deterrence and defence, and maintaining the Alliance’s technological edge. Mr Stoltenberg stressed that while some investors “haveContinue Reading
On 24 and 25 October 2023, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, will visit Sweden. Mr Stoltenberg will participate in the NATO-Industry Forum, where he will give a speech on the need to address the new security and strategic reality. He will also meet with the Prime Minister ofContinue Reading
The Ukrainian military reported an advance in southeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, indicating its forces had crossed the Dnirpro River in southern Kherson Oblast on Oct. 19. The commander of the Tavria Group fighting on the southern front lines, General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, reported Ukrainian forces had achieved partial success southwest of VerboveContinue Reading
NATO Defence Ministers wrapped up two days of meetings in Brussels on Thursday (12 October 2023), addressing the Alliance’s defence plans and operations, and meeting with their Israeli counterpart. General view of the meeting Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant briefed his NATO counterparts by videoconference on the atrocities perpetrated byContinue Reading
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on Thursday (28 September 2023), underscoring NATO’s powerful support for Ukraine in talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his government. Calling Kyiv “a city with a special place in the hearts of the free world,” Mr Stoltenberg paid tribute to President Zelenskyy’s leadership andContinue Reading
The dismal performance of Russia’s conventional forces in the early days of the war in Ukraine risks convincing some in NATO that the future Russian threat to the Alliance can be deterred primarily via NATO’s conventional superiority, and that enhancing deterrence of Russian nuclear use in a future conflict isContinue Reading
In accordance with an agreement with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization (FLO), the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) monitors and performs chemical analysis and assessment of soil and water samples taken at the Armed Forces demolition facility for munitions in Lærdal municipality. Briefly, the risk to humans and local faunaContinue Reading
The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to New York from Monday 18 September through Thursday 21 September 2023 to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). On Tuesday 19 September, the Secretary General will participate in the opening of the 78th Session of the United Nations GeneralContinue Reading