News
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| 14 May. 2025 |  | Brussels, 14 May 2025 – The 193rd NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session took place at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, today. Thirty two Allied Chiefs of Defence discussed NATO’s vigilance & deterrence, continued support to Ukraine, and preparations for the NATO Summit in The Hague in June. The final meeting of the day saw the Ukrainian Chief of Defence, General Sikyrsky, join the NATO-Ukraine Council virtually from Kyiv. |
| 13 May. 2025 |  | Brussels, NATO HQ, 12 May – The Colombian Chief of Defence Admiral Francisco Hernando Cubides Granados was welcomed to NATO Headquarters by the Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone. During his stay at NATO HQ, he engaged in a series of high-level meetings with NATO military leadership, on NATO-Colombia cooperation. |
| 13 May. 2025 |  |
The United Kingdom takes the lead of NATO’s Transatlantic Quantum Community On Tuesday (13 May), the United Kingdom succeeded Denmark as the annual Chair of NATO’s Transatlantic Quantum Community (TQC). |
| 12 May. 2025 |  |
Chair of the NATO Military Committee visits the United States of America Washington D.C., 5 to 8 May 2025 – The Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, participated in a series of high-level strategic meetings in the US, exchanging ideas with military leadership from US and across the Alliance, as well as political and civil society leaders from around the world. During the visit, he also paid homage to the American service members who lay at rest in Arlington National Cemetery. |
| 12 May. 2025 |  |
NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence experts meet in Latvia The fourth annual NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) Conference took place on 6 - 9 May 2025 in Riga, Latvia. The event provided a forum for high-level policy discussions on the current state of and potential adaptions to NATO IAMD. |
| 12 May. 2025 |  |
NATO and the Republic of Korea strengthen their cooperation at the military staff talks in Seoul On 12 May 2025, a military delegation from NATO, led by Brigadier-General Ungüder Eray, Deputy Director of the Cooperative Security Division, NATO International Military Staff (IMS), met with their counterparts from the Republic of Korea, headed by Major General Kwon Young Min, in Seoul. The military staff talks aim at strengthening the practical military cooperation between NATO and the Korean Defence Forces. |
| 10 May. 2025 |  |
NATO reinforces military partnership with Japan during the military staff talks held in Tokyo From 9 to 10 May 2025, NATO’s delegation of military experts, led by Brigadier-General Ungüder Eray, Deputy Director of the Cooperative Security Division, NATO International Military Staff, travelled to Tokyo for military staff talks with their Japanese counterparts, headed by General Shirai Ryoji. The talks provided an opportunity to reinforce and deepen the already ongoing military cooperation between the Alliance and Japan, as well as to highlight the analogies between the challenges faced by the Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific regions. |
| 09 May. 2025 |  |
NATO Secretary General welcomes Germany’s new Chancellor to NATO headquarters NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz to NATO headquarters on Friday (9 May 2025) for bilateral talks, and to discuss preparation of the NATO Summit in The Hague. |
| 09 May. 2025 |  |
NATO’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood wraps up his visit to Kuwait NATO’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Mr Javier Colomina, travelled to Kuwait on 8 May 2025, for the first time in his new capacity. He met with high level officials from Kuwait, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. He also participated in an event organised by the NATO-Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Regional Centre on “Security cooperation, partnerships, and NATO in light of an evolving geopolitical landscape in the Gulf,” which featured a discussion with the Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations, His Excellency Abdulaziz Al Jarallah, moderated by Dr Bader Al Saif from Kuwait University. |
| 08 May. 2025 |  |
NATO addresses electromagnetic interference threats to civil aviation safety Civil aviation is increasingly affected by jamming and spoofing. The NATO Aviation Committee continues its work to address these threats, in close cooperation with other international organisations, including the International Civil Aviation Organisation and EUROCONTROL. |