• Finland and Sweden submit applications to join NATO
• NATO deploy Patriot missile air defence system to Slovakia
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Finland and Sweden on 18 May 2022 simultaneously handed in their official letters of application to join NATO. Mr Stoltenberg warmly welcomed the requests, saying ”this is a good day, at a critical moment for our security”.
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NATO Foreign Ministers met in Berlin on 15 May 2022 to discuss the possible membership application of Finland and Sweden as well as to reaffirm NATO’s support for Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s brutal invasion.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed the Allied defence chiefs at the start of the one-day Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence session.
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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked Denmark for its strong contributions to NATO during a visit to Copenhagen on 19 May 2022.
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On 18 May 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili for a bilateral meeting. They discussed Russia’s war on Ukraine and its regional implications.
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Senior cyber coordinators from all NATO Allies met in Brussels on 18 May 2022 for the first time. They discussed the new strategic environment following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its implications for the cyber threat landscape.
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The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier strike group and other US naval vessels have come under NATO command as part of a series of major military drills in the Baltic, Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas.
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On 17 May 2022, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană gave an opening address to the first International Conference on Cyber Diplomacy in Bucharest. In his address, he praised the valued contributions Romania has made to the Alliance, and the way the country has been “diligently implementing the NATO cyber defence pledge”.
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On17 May 2022 the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoană, participated in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in its defence configuration.
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From 11 to 13 May 2022, Director General of the International Military Staff, Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Wiermann visited Algeria, upon the invitation of the Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Saïd Chanegriha.
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On 13 May 2022, university students presented innovative solutions to real-life problems faced by Allied militaries as part of the “Hacking for CNAD” programme.
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Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has changed the face of European security and underlined the need for combat-ready forces to be able to deploy at speed across NATO territory.
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