• UPDATE - NATO Secretary General attends Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting
 

Press Release

8 January 2025

 

UPDATE - NATO Secretary General attends Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting

The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Mark Rutte, will attend a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 9 January 2025.

The meeting is hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.

The Secretary General will no longer travel to the Headquarters of NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) in Wiesbaden, Germany,

Media advisory

11:15  Doorstep by the Secretary General at Ramstein Air Base

17:15 CANCELLED Press conference by the Secretary General

Media coverage

  • The doorstep will be streamed live on the NATO website, on X @NATOPress and NATO News on YouTube, and will be made available on the EBU News exchange.
     
  • A transcript of the Secretary General’s remarks will be available on the NATO website soon after the event.
     
  • Pictures taken by a NATO photographer will be available on the NATO website.

For more information:
Contact the NATO Press Office