• NATO Afghan evacuees begin journey to resettlement
• What is NATO's VJTF?
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Over 100 Afghan former NATO employees and their family members began their journey to resettlement in the United Kingdom on Thursday (16 September 2021). With the support of NATO’s high-readiness Response Force, the Afghan evacuees departed temporary facilities in Kosovo for the United Kingdom on a chartered civilian airline flight from Pristina. (Story by JFC Naples Public Affairs Office)
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NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană marked the 70th anniversary of NATO’s presence in Italy on 17 September 2021, praising Italy for playing a key role in NATO, in Europe and in preserving international security.
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The Republic of Moldova has received twenty ventilators from NATO’s Pandemic Response Stockpile to help the country respond to COVID-19 infections. NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) and Hungary coordinated the donation in response to a request by Moldova.
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On 15 September, speaking at the Emerging Europe Summit and Awards 2021, NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană underlined the essential role that partnerships and integrations into NATO and the EU have played in the modernisation of Emerging Europe societies.
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NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană and a group of NATO ambassadors visited the Alliance fleet of unmanned surveillance aircraft stationed in Sicily on 16 September 2021. Addressing senior officers at Sigonella airbase, the Deputy Secretary General thanked Italy for hosting the Alliance’s Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft, stressing that AGS is a “premier state-of-the-art capability in the field of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance”. (Story courtesy of Allied Air Command)
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On 14 September 2021, the Commander of the NATO-led KFOR mission, Major General Franco Federici, attended a ceremony to mark the installation of new navigation equipment at Pristina airport. This equipment will make the circulation of people and goods easier and faster within the region.
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In 2021, the Turkish Army is leading NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) – NATO’s spearhead force, designed to be deployed within two or three days should a crisis occur. Leadership of the VJTF rotates between Allies on an annual basis, and Turkey is leading the force from 1 January 2021 to 1 January 2022.
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