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                        • NATO Secretary General: Mauritania is a committed partner • Dogs and drones to the rescue |  | 
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	NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania to NATO Headquarters on 14 January 2021 for talks on strengthening security cooperation. |  | 
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	NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Turkey assumed responsibility as NATO Response Force land component for 2021 in a ceremony at their headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey on 12 January 2021. (Story courtesy Allied Land Command) | 
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	In a ceremony held remotely due to COVID-19 measures, Greek Commander Captain Dimitrios Katsouras handed over the command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two on 11 January 2021. (Story courtesy Allied Maritime Command) | 
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	On 11 January 2021, NATO's Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre received a request for international assistance from North Macedonia to support its battle against the coronavirus. | 
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	Dogs and drones work side by side during disaster relief operations and exercises. During an emergency response exercise jointly organised by NATO and Serbia, a search and rescue dog from the Greek military worked alongside a Spanish military drone team to locate survivors in an abandoned factory as part of the exercise scenario. |  | 
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