High Level Opinion Leaders from Israel visit NATO
On 4 and 5 November 2010, the NATO Public Diplomacy Division organised a visit to NATO Headquarters of High Level Opinion Leaders from the Institute for Policy and Strategy, Inter Disciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel.
The Israeli delegation had the opportunity to meet with NATO Deputy Secretary General H.E. Amb. Claudio Bisogniero; the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Permanent Representatives on the North Atlantic Council of Canada H.E. Amb. Robert McRae, of France H.E. Amb. Pascale Andréani, of the Netherlands H.E. Amb. Frank Majoor, of Portugal H.E. Amb. João Mira Gomes; and with the the Deputy Permanent Representatives on the North Atlantic Council of the United States of America Mr. John. Heffern and of Italy Mr. Gianfranco Incarnato.
During their two day visit at NATO Headquarters the Israeli opinion leaders were also briefed by Assistant Secretary General for Operations Mr. Martin Howard CB; Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges H.E. Amb. Gabor Iklody; Acting Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Dr. Stefanie Babst and Head of the MD and ICI Countries Section Mr. Nicola de Santis.
The topics discussed during the visit included: NATO’s transformation and outreach to the Mediterranean and the Middle East region; NATO’s military cooperation under the Mediterranean Dialogue; NATO’s New Strategic Concept, Missile Defense, and NATO’s current operations.