Visit of Diplomats from the State of Qatar to NATO
On 20 and 21 January 2014, the NATO Political Affairs and Security Policy Division organised a visit to NATO Headquarters for a group of Qatari diplomats, who were visiting Brussels as part of NATO’s public diplomacy activities under the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI).
Topics discussed included NATO’s Istanbul Cooperation Initiative; NATO’s Current Political Agenda; Military Cooperation in the Framework of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative; NATO’s Transformation and Outreach to the Middle East and the Gulf region; NATO’s role in Counter Terrorism; NATO’s operations; and new emerging security challenges and energy security.
The group met with H.E Ambassador Gabriele Checchia, Permanent Representative of Italy to the North Atlantic Council, with H.E. Ambassador Jean-Baptiste Mattéi, Permanent Representative of France on the North Atlantic Council, with Mr James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, with Dr. Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, with Mr. Nicola de Santis, Head, Middle East and North Africa Countries Section in NATO’s Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, with Ms. Juliette Bird, Head, Counter-Terrorism Section, Emerging Security Challenges Division, with Mr. Michel Soula, Head, Operations Section A, Operations Division, with Mr. Gunther Bretschneider, Head of the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC), with Mr. Lorenz Meyer-Minnemann, Officer, NATO and Multilateral Affairs, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, with Lt. Colonel Henri Lambaré, Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Section, Cooperation & Regional Security Division, International Military Staff, and with Dr. Rolf Schwarz, Political Officer, Middle East and North Africa Section, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division.