• Media programme - Informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Prague, Czechia - 30-31 May 2024 Click here to view in your browser Press Office 27 May 2024 Media programme - Informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Prague, Czechia - 30-31 May 2024 An informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the l ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General to participate in a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council Click here to view in your browser Press Release 27 May 2024 NATO Secretary General to participate in a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council On Tuesday, 28 May 2024, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, will p ...Continue Reading

View OnlineSecretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto to the PentagonMay 24, 2024SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: President Ruto, welcome to the Pentagon. It was great seeing you at the White House yesterday. And I think all of us had a very enjoyable evening, yesterday evening, and certainly enjoyed your remarks, both at the White House and also at the state dinner. Now, I know that the flooding back home is on your mind. And I know how hard it is to be ...Continue Reading

View OnlineAdministration Officials Hold A News Briefing Via Teleconference On Humanitarian Assistance To GazaMay 23, 2024MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER:  All right, good afternoon, everyone. Thanks very much for joining us today. I'm Major General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary. I will be facilitating today's on record briefing. If I can ask you to please put your microphones on mute.GEN. RYDER:  Again, thank you for joining us for today's on the record briefing to discuss the status of the ma ...Continue Reading

• Secretary General welcomes Latvian Foreign Minister to NATO Headquarters • Video - German Eurofighters patrol the Baltic skies from Latvia Click here to view in your browser 24 May 2024 Update Secretary General welcomes Latvian Foreign Minister to NATO Headquarters Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General attends the 2024 Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Sofia Click here to view in your browser Press Release 24 May 2024 NATO Secretary General attends the 2024 Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Sofia On Monday, 27 May 2024, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, will tak ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General meets the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal Click here to view in your browser Press Release 24 May 2024 NATO Secretary General meets the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal On Monday, 27 May 2024, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, will receiv ...Continue Reading

View OnlineTranscript of Senior Defense Official Background Briefing on This Week's Gulf Cooperation Council MeetingsMay 20, 2024STAFF: Call is scheduled for 30 minutes. And to allow as many of you as possible time to ask a question, I'd ask that you keep your follow-ups to a minimum and please keep your microphones on mute unless you are asking a question.And with that, I'll turn it over to our senior defense official to start us off. Sir, over to you.SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Thanks, Mac. Good afternoon, good evening, ...Continue Reading

View OnlinePentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press BriefingMay 21, 2024MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER: All right, well, good afternoon, everyone. Just a few things at the top, and I'll get right to your questions.So as you're aware, Secretary Austin hosted the 22nd Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting yesterday, where he highlighted the urgent need to support Ukraine amid a challenging and dangerous fight against a new Russian offensive. He underscored the extraordinary courage of Ukrainian defend ...Continue Reading

View OnlineSecretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Finland's Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen to the PentagonMay 21, 2024SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Well, Mr. Minister, welcome to the Pentagon.  Finland and the United States are long-standing defense partners, and now, we're meeting as NATO allies. Since Finland joined NATO in April of 2023, her highly-impressive and highly-capable Armed Forces have already made this great alliance even stronger, and we appreciate ...Continue Reading