⢠Statement by the Secretary General on Finlandâs membership in NATO
⢠Video - France conducts its largest military exercise in decades, Orion 23, with NATO forces
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I welcome the vote by the Turkish Grand National Assembly to ratify Finlandâs membership in NATO. All 30 NATO Allies have now ratified the accession protocol.
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On 30 March 2023, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea GeoanÄ and UK Minister for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk opened the first regional office of NATOâs Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) at the Imperial College London Innovation Hub.
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Allied and partner fighter aircraft conducted a large-scale training exercise over the Baltic States on 29 March. (Story courtesy of Allied Air Command)
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From 28 to 29 March 2023, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee visited Italy upon the invitation of Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chief of Defence of the Italian Armed Forces.
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From 13 to 24 March, one of the regionâs most important military exercises of the year, Exercise Slovak Shield 2023, took place at the LeÅ¡Å¥ military training area in Slovakia. The exercise tested the readiness and interoperability of the participating units from seven Allies in a simulated combat scenario. (Story courtesy of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum)
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The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has formally ordered an additional Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), increasing NATO's Multinational MRTT Fleet to 10 aircraft. (Story courtesy of NATO Support and Procurement Agency)
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France has launched its biggest military exercise in decades, together with its NATO Allies. The second phase of Exercise Orion 23 involves 7,000 personnel and assets from France and several Allied countries, including Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, and focuses on defensive operations on land, in the air, at sea and in cyberspace.
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