• NATO Summit, Madrid, Spain – 28, 29 and 30 June 2022 Click here to view in your browser Press Release 29 April 2022 PR (2022) 076 NATO Summit Madrid, Spain – 28, 29 and 30 June 2022 GENERAL [*] Spain will host a NATO Summit in Madrid on 28, 29 and 30 June 2022. [*] The meetings will be chaired by the NATO Secretary Genera ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Canadian Minister of National Defence Anita Anand to the Pentagon April 28, 2022 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Well, Madam Minister, welcome to Washington. It is a pleasure to host you here at the Pentagon for the first time, and we've been seeing a lot of each other this week, and I want to thank you again for joining our important gathering of defense leaders at Ramstein Air Base just two days ago. It seems like it was 10 days ago, bu ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Holds a News Conference Following Ukraine Defense Consultative Group Meeting, Ramstein Air Base, Germany April 26, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Thanks for coming this afternoon. In a moment, I'm going to turn the microphone over to Secretary Austin, but just a couple of administrative remarks. The secretary will have some opening comments and then we'll have time a for a few questions. I will moderate those questions from here. I will call on the journalists. ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General meets European Parliament leaders Click here to view in your browser Press Release 26 April 2022 PR (2022) 075 NATO Secretary General meets European Parliament leaders On Thursday, 28 April 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the President of the European Parliament, Ro ...Continue Reading

View Online Senior Defense Official and Senior State Department Official Hold a Background Briefing April 24, 2022 SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: So, we can just give you guys a -- a sense of the meetings today, and I think if you're good with it, we'll layout the deliverables so they can have those at the right time and we'll give you guys a -- a head start on that.   So, as said, they'll arrive shortly. They're going to meet with (inaudible) -- as we understand it, it will be sort of one extended bilat ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Remarks to Traveling Press April 25, 2022 SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN: Morning, everybody. Secretary Austin and I just returned from Kyiv, where we went at the request of President Biden and the invitation of President Zelenskyy. We had an opportunity to demonstrate directly our strong support, our strong ongoing support for the Ukrainian Government and for the Ukrainian people. This was, in our judgment, an important moment to be th ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General participates in leaders' call hosted by President Biden • Video: Why it’s critical for NATO to exercise Click here to view in your browser 22 April 2022 Update NATO Secretary General participates in leaders' call hosted by President Biden NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a secure conference cal ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing April 21, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY:  Okay. Lots to get through to start. First off, I think you all know, the Secretary had a chance to meet with the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the Pentagon here today to affirm our unwavering US support for Ukraine and the humanitarian situation in that country.  The Secretary highlighted the authorization of a presidential drawdown, the additional drawdown that you saw today o ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal to the Pentagon April 21, 2022 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for joining us here at the Pentagon. It is an honor to have you here. I know what painful days these are for Ukraine. Your people are suffering terribly after Russia's cruel and unjust invasion. But the world has been inspired -- inspired by your courage as you fight for your ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Polish Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak to the Pentagon April 20, 2022 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Hello Minister Błaszczak, it's great to see you again, especially at this critical time for European security. You know, in mid-February, we met in Warsaw before the start of President Putin's unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine. At the time, I remarked on Poland's long history of fighting for its independence and he ...Continue Reading