1-3 June 2005

NATO Secretary General visits United States News 03/06/05 - Norfolk NATO Secretary General address transformation issues during ACT Seminar 01/06/2005 - White House US President Bush welcomes NATO Secretary General to the White House 31/05/2005 - NATO NATO Secretary General to visit the United States Multimedia 01/06/2005 - NATO High resolution photos of the visit to the USA by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer During a visit to the United States, 1-3 June, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has stressed the continuing importance of effective transatlantic security cooperation to address 21 st century security challenges. On 1 June the Secretary General met in Washington with President Bush, Secretary of State Rice, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld as well as Director of National Intelligence Negroponte. Their discussions centred around NATO’s transforming missions and operations, in particular the expansion of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, the upcoming establishment of the NATO Training, Education and Doctrine Centre in Iraq, the evolving security situation in Kosovo and NATO’s support for the African Union in Darfur. On 2 June, the Secretary General delivered a speech at a closed seminar at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia, laying out a vision for NATO’s political and military transformation.