• Military de-confliction mechanism between Greece and Turkey established at NATO
• NATO and the security implications of climate change
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Following a series of technical meetings between the Military Representatives of Greece and Turkey at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, a bilateral military de-confliction mechanism was established on 1 October 2020. The mechanism is designed to reduce the risk of incidents and accidents in the Eastern Mediterranean. It includes the creation of a hotline between Greece and Turkey, to facilitate de-confliction at sea or in the air.
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Speaking after a meeting with Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Georgia is one of NATO’s most important partners, contributing to the Alliance’s shared security in many ways, including with troops in NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan.
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The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency announced on 30 September the top eight qualifiers of the 2020 NCI Agency Defence Innovation Challenge.
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On 29 September 2020, in an online event marking 70 years of NATO standardization, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană stressed the importance of standardization for NATO’s cohesion and effectiveness.
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In a keynote speech on 28 September 2020, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for the Alliance to take further action to address the threat of climate change.
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NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, speaking at the online CYBERSEC public policy conference on 28 September, emphasised the need to continue adapting to new threats arising from advances in technology, such as cyber threats.
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The United States Air Force began NATO air patrols over Bulgaria on 28 September 2020. (Story courtesy of Allied Air Command)
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The Secretary General’s Advisory Group on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies held its first meeting with NATO’s Innovation Board on 28 September 2020.
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This op-ed article by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was originally published by newspaper Die Welt on 27 September 2020.
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On 28 September 2020, NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, speaking at HumanAIze, an online forum on artificial intelligence (AI) and public-private sector collaboration, said that NATO needs to keep investing in modern technology to deter possible threats in the future.
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NATO is deeply concerned by reports of large-scale military hostilities along the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. The sides should immediately cease hostilities, which have already caused civilian casualties.
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Climate change makes the world more dangerous. It makes NATO’s job of protecting its nearly 1 billion citizens harder. We have a responsibility to do more to combat climate change, including by cutting military emissions.
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