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Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers' Session
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Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers’ Session
12 February 2026
[from left to right] Adris Spruds, Minister of Defence of Latvia, US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
Hanno Pevkur, Minister of Defence of Estonia, and Margarita Robles, Minister of Defence of Spain
Catherine Vautrin, Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans of France and Nikos Dendias, Minister of Defence of Greece
[from left to right] Catherine Vautrin, Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans of France, Hanno Pevkur, Minister of Defence of Estonia and Nikos Dendias, Minister of Defence of Greece
[from left to right] Pirro Vengu, Minister of Defence of Albania, Ruben Brekelmans, Minister of Defence of The Netherlands and Boris Pistorius, Minister of Defence of Germany
NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska and Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus G. Grynkewich
Robert Kalinak, Minister of Defence of Slovakia
Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers' Session
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Boris Pistorius, Minister of Defence of Germany
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Elbridge Colby, US Under Secretary of War for Policy
[from left to right] Elbridge Colby, US Under Secretary of War for Policy, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Andris Spruds, Minister of Defence of Latvia
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister of Defence of Iceland
US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby and Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence of Luxembourg
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Elbridge Colby, US Under Secretary of War for Policy
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
Pirro Vengu, Minister of Defence of Albania, and Atanas Zaprianov, Minister of Defence of Bulgaria
Hanno Pevkur (Minister of Defence, Estonia), Andris Sprūds (Minister of Defence, Latvia), Elbridge A. Colby (US Under Secretary of War), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Pål Jonson (Minister of Defence, Sweden)
Yuriko Backes (Minister of Defence, Luxembourg) and NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska
Chair of the Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone and Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrėnas(Director General of the International Military Staff)
Boris Pistorius (Minister of Defence, Germany) and Nikolaos Dendias (Minister of Defence, Greece)
Māris Riekstiņš (NATO Permanent Representative for Latvia), Darius Jauniškis (NATO Permanent Representative for Lithuania) and Robertas Kaunas (Minister of Defence, Lithuania)
Centre: Ruben Brekelmans (Minister of Defence, Netherlands) and Elbridge A. Colby (US Under Secretary of War)
Hanno Pevkur (Minister of Defence, Estonia) and Andris Sprūds (Minister of Defence, Latvia),
Left: Vlado Misajlovski (Minister of Defence, North Macedonia)
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky (Minister of Defence, Hungary) and Boris Pistorius (Minister of Defence, Germany)
Nikolaos Dendias (Minister of Defence, Greece) and Vasiliki Gounari (NATO Permanent Representative for Greece)
Chair of the Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone shaking hands with Elbridge A. Colby (US Under Secretary of War)
NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Admiral Pierre Vandier
View of the room
View of the room
Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
Catherine Vautrin (Minister of the Armed Forces, France) and Margarita Robles (Minister of Defence, Spain)
Chair of the Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (Minister of Defence, Poland) and Paulo Vizeu Pinheiro (NATO Permanent Representative for Portugal)
Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
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Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers’ Session
Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers’ Session
Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General at the meeting of the NAC in Defence Ministers’ Session
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Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels
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