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31 Jan. 2024 |
Secretary General in Alabama: NATO strengthens our defence industrial base Speaking at the Lockheed Martin facility in Troy, Alabama on Wednesday (31 January 2024), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg emphasised NATO’s crucial role in creating a vast market for defence sales and production. He noted that “over the last two years alone, NATO Allies have agreed to buy 120 billion dollars’ worth of weapons from U.S. defence companies”. Mr Stoltenberg underlined that the Ukrainian people are defending their country with courage and determination, but crucially also with weapons and ammunition provided by NATO Allies – “not least with the Javelin anti-tank missiles made right here in Pike County”. |
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30 Jan. 2024 | ||
30 Jan. 2024 | NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, and other members of Congressional leadership in Washington D.C. on Tuesday (30 January 2024). | |
29 Jan. 2024 |
NATO Secretary General in Washington: aid to Ukraine is "an investment in our own security" Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is in the United States this week to discuss maintaining strong support for Ukraine and preparations for NATO’s 75th anniversary Summit in Washington DC. |
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29 Jan. 2024 |
NATO Secretary General in Washington: Supporting Ukraine serves US interests At a joint press conference with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday (29 January 2024), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg commended President Biden and Secretary Blinken for their clear commitment to sustain US support to Ukraine. |
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26 Jan. 2024 | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Prime Minister of Montenegro Milojko Spajić to NATO Headquarters on Friday (26 January 2024). They discussed preparations for the upcoming Washington Summit and continued efforts to bolster the Alliance’s deterrence and defence. | |
25 Jan. 2024 |
You can stand under our umbrella: NATO unveils street mural in Lithuania In January 2024, NATO unveiled a 15-metre high street mural in Vilnius, Lithuania, which symbolises the security and protection provided by NATO across the Alliance. We spoke with the creative mind behind the urban art piece, Lithuanian street artist and co-founder of the “Living Graphics” art collective, Žygimantas Amelynas. |
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24 Jan. 2024 |
Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs visits NATO Headquarters Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Gunn Kim visited NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday (24 January 2024) to meet with Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană and Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber, David van Weel. |
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24 Jan. 2024 | On 23-24 January 2024, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer visited Montenegro at the invitation of the Montenegrin Chief of Defence, Brigadier General Zoran Lazarević. While in Podgorica, the Chair met with President Jakov Milatovic, Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Aleksa Bečić and Minister of Defence, Mr Dragan Krapovic. He also delivered a lecture at the University Donja Gorica, titled "The road ahead, from Vilnius to Washington". | |
24 Jan. 2024 |
NATO’s largest exercise in decades, “Steadfast Defender”, gets underway NATO on Wednesday (24 January 2024) launched its biggest military exercise in decades with 90,000 personnel set to take part in months-long manoeuvres spanning the North Atlantic and Europe. Exercise “Steadfast Defender” will test the Alliance’s ability to defend against a near-peer adversary in an Article 5 scenario. |