• Secretary General welcomes US Secretary of Defense to NATO HQ for talks
• NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Estonia continues to exercise
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to NATO Headquarters on 26 June 2020. They had discussions to follow up the decisions taken by NATO Defence Ministers last week on issues including the Russian missile threat, NATO’s response to COVID-19, and the Alliance’s missions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Estonia has recently delivered medical supplies to Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Ukraine, as part of multiple Allied efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană delivered a virtual address to the Jagello Security Conference on 25 June 2020 and commended the Czech Republic for its generous support to Allies during the COVID-19 pandemic, including with donations of medical equipment to Italy, Spain, and North Macedonia.
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Frigates from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 exercised with two vessels from the Tunisian Navy in the waters north of Bizerte, Tunisia on 22 June 2020. (Story by Allied Maritime Command)
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke at the German Marshall Fund’s Brussels Forum on 23 June 2020, addressing issues ranging from arms control to plans for a second wave of COVID-19.
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On 22 June 2020, NATO Allies joining this year’s Unified Vision (UV) event began the second week of the operational evaluation of Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capabilities across the Alliance.
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The United States Navy dock landing ship USS Oak Hill joined the guided missile destroyer USS Porter in the Black Sea on 18 June 2020 for maritime security operations and to train with Allies and partners in the region. Porter entered the Black Sea on 17 June.
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On 19 June 2020, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană participated in an online discussion of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. The session about the “Military Backbone of Democracy” covered the current global security issues we face today and the resulting new challenges for global multilateral cooperation, including the COVID-19 outbreak.
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On the International Day for the Elimination of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, NATO hosted a digital dialogue to address the prevention and response to the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war.
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NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup Estonia participated in Exercise Spring Storm 2020, an annual drill in which Estonia tasks its conscripts with mobilising and repelling a simulated threat. The multinational Battlegroup under UK lead was playing the opposing force, sending its armour and troops to a training ground in central Estonia.
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