• NATO Secretary General attends Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting
 

Press Release

14 April 2026

 

NATO Secretary General attends Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting

On Wednesday 15 April 2026, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will attend a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Berlin, Germany.

He will also have meetings with the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Dr Johann Wadephul, the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, Mr Boris Pistorius, the Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, Mr John Healey and the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Mr Mykhailo Fedorov.

 Media advisory

16:45 (CEST) Joint press conference by the Secretary General with the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, the Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, and the Minister of Defence of Ukraine.

Media coverage

  • The press conference will be streamed live on the NATO website and NATO News on YouTube  and will be made available to EBU News Exchange.  
  • A transcript of the Secretary General’s press conference, as well as pictures, will be available on the NATO website. Video will be available for free download from the NATO Multimedia Portal after the event.


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