Third Seminar on NATO’s Strategic Concept: NATO’s Partnerships and beyond

Oslo Norway

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NATO partnerships discussed at Strategic Concept Seminar in Norway

NATO partnerships discussed at Strategic Concept Seminar in Norway

14 Jan. 2010

The third key seminar on NATO’s new Strategic Concept concluded in Oslo on 14 January. The event, entitled “NATO’s Partnerships and Beyond”, brought together members of the Group of Experts, government and military officials, representatives of international organisations and NGOs, independent experts and journalists.

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  Questions and Answers MP3/45Mb natochannel.tv

 

Thursday 14 January 2010 document audio photo video
08:30 Registration and coffee
09:00 Opening remarks    

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•   Jamie Shea, Director of Policy Planning at NATO

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•   Jonas Gahr Støre, Foreign Minister of Norway

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•   The Hon. Madeleine K. Albright, Chair of the Group of Experts ENG .MP3/
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  Press point with the Hon. Madeleine K. Albright, Chair of the Group of Experts and Jonas Gahr Støre, Foreign Minister of Norway ENG .MP3/
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  Interview with Jonas Gahr Støre, Foreign Minister of Norway ENG  .MP3/
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09:20 Session One: The Future of NATO´s Partnerships photo

Moderator: Jeroen Van der Veer, Vice Chair, Group of Experts

Speakers:
Bogdan Aurescu, State Secretary, Foreign Ministry of Romania
Araz Azimov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan
Tomas Herbert Ries, Director, Swedish Institute of International Affairs

 

Interview with Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

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  Interview with Araz Azimov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan   natochannel.tv
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Session Two: The Future of the Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative

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Moderator: Yannis-Alexis Zepos, Member, Group of Experts

Speakers:
Enrique Baron, Former President of the European Parliament
Abdullah Baabood, Director Gulf Research Centre Cambridge
Shlomo Ben-Ami, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel
Abdennour Benantar, Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliqué pour le Dévelopment, Algeria

  Interview with Mrs Nabeela Al-Mulla, Ambassador of Kuwait to Belgium   natochannel.tv
  Interview with Hussam Al-Husseini, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Jordan to Belgium   natochannel.tv
  Interview with Uri Naaman, Coordinator for NATO at the Ministry of Defence of Israel   natochannel.tv
13:00 Buffet Lunch

 

14:10 Session Three: NATO´s relations with Russia photo

Moderator: Giancarlo Aragona, Member, Group of Experts

Speakers:
Werner Hoyer, German Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Igor Yurgens, Moscow Institute of Contemporary Development
Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Director Center on the US & Europe, Brookings Institution
Oksana Anonenko, Senior Fellow and Programme Director for Russia and Eurasia, International Institute for Strategic Studies

  Interview with Ambassador Dmitryi Rogozin, Head of the Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO   natochannel.tv
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Coffee break

16:45

Conclusions from the seminar rapporteur Volker Perthes, Chairman, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

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  •   Concluding remarks: Madeleine K. Albright, Chair, Group of Experts ENG  .MP3/
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•   Closing remarks: Grete Faremo, Defence Minister of Norway ENG .MP3/
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17:30 End of the seminar