⢠Secretary General welcomes Luxembourgâs NATO contributions, support to Ukraine
⢠VIDEO - Protecting Allied critical undersea infrastructure
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Prime Minister of Luxembourg Luc Frieden in Brussels on 7 December 2023. Mr Stoltenberg congratulated Prime Minister Frieden on his recent appointment and thanked him for Luxembourgâs contributions to NATO, including its participation in NATOâs multinational battlegroup in Romania.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined the Allianceâs unwavering support to Ukraine during a meeting with Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov in Brussels on 4 December 2023.
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NATOâs Deputy Secretary General Mircea GeoanÄ welcomed Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, to the NATO Headquarters on 6 December 2023. Mr Papuashvili attended a meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission to discuss Georgiaâs domestic reforms and challenges to regional security.
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On 6 December 2023 around 100 experts from across the Alliance and partner countries gathered at NATO Headquarters to discuss national and NATO perspectives on seabed warfare, including how current and future Allied maritime capabilities can effectively protect against the threats to critical undersea infrastructure.
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On 7 December 2023, NATO Headquarters hosted a conference on âCountering the Russian Manipulation of History and False Historical Narrativesâ. A diverse group of speakers and participants gathered to analyse how Russia manipulates history and makes use of false historical narratives to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine. Participants included distinguished experts from academia, think-tanks, civil society organisations, and official institutions from NATO Allies, Ukraine and other NATO partner countries, as well as the European Union.
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Representatives from Allied and partner countries met in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova from 5 to 7 December 2023 to exchange views on defence capacity building programmes to support several NATO partners, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritania, Moldova and Tunisia.
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On 4-5 December 2023, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Bauer, was in Switzerland for an official visit at the invitation of its Chief of Defence, Lieutenant General Thomas Süssli. The Chair also met with Federal Councillor Viola Amherd, Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, and delivered a keynote address to senior military and civilian staff.
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On 7 December 2023, the Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services (COMEDS) met at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The agenda focused on the medical implementation of the Deterrence and Defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area (DDA) Family of Plans and the Enablement of SACEURâs Area of Responsibility as well as updates on the 2022 Resilience Assessment, the NATO Defence Planning Process and Exercise Steadfast Jupiter 23.
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Undersea infrastructure such as cables and pipelines carries a vast amount of our Internet data, helps us make financial transactions worth trillions of dollars and transports 60 per cent of our oil and gas, so protecting such infrastructure is crucial to the well-being of our societies and to our security.
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