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On Wednesday, 23 February 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to the Netherlands.
Mr. Stoltenberg will meet the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mr. Mark Rutte, in the Hague. They will give a press conference after their meeting.
Together, they will also open a seminar on NATO’s future Strategic Concept, titled ‘Stronger Together – NATO’s Partnerships’. The event is hosted by the Netherlands and Germany and co-sponsored by Canada, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, together with Finland and Sweden. This is the third of four Allied-hosted seminars that inform the preparation of NATO’s next Strategic Concept.
The Secretary General and Prime Minister Rutte will deliver speeches and answer questions from an audience of foreign policy practitioners and students.
The seminar will continue with a session of in-depth expert discussions with former NATO Secretary General Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the Director of the Transatlantic Defense and Security Center for European Policy Analysis Ms. Lauren Speranza, the Director and Senior Fellow of the Macdonald Laurier Institute Mr. Jonathan Berkshire Miller, and the Chair of the Strategic Initiatives Department at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Ms. Valbona Zeneli.
Media advisory
16:00 – 16:25 (CET) Joint press conference with the NATO Secretary General and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands
16:40 Seminar on NATO’s future Strategic Concept
16:45 – 17:00 Speech by Prime Minister Rutte
17:00 – 17:10 Speech by the NATO Secretary General
17:10 – 17:30 Questions and answers
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