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Good afternoon – and let me say, on behalf of the North Atlantic Council, what a pleasure it is to be here. 

I am very grateful to Poland for welcoming us, and hosting the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise otherwise known as CWIX. My thanks too to General Mercier and to Allied Command Transformation for your hard work to organise this exercise.

Many of NATO’s best and brightest, from across the Alliance, are taking part. And more than a thousand people from Allied and partner nations will have participated by the time the exercise concludes next week.

Today is an opportunity for the North Atlantic Council, the decision making body at NATO Headquarters, to see some of the things NATO is doing to enhance our effectiveness in several key areas. 

The first of these is how we work together as an Alliance. And interoperability is essential to NATO’s ability to do our job. 

All 29 Allies – and many more partners around the world – need to be able to operate seamlessly across a wide spectrum of activities and missions. And the exercise will help us do exactly that. 

Cyber defence is another important priority for NATO. The Alliance is working hard to integrate cyber into all aspects of our planning and our operations. 

It’s crucial that we strengthen our cyber awareness and our resilience to an attack. And, again, this exercise will enhance our ability to do that. 

I’m particularly pleased that NATO’s cyber training range in Estonia will participate in this exercise for the first time.

Finally, the exercise provides us with a chance to test out new innovations and capabilities, to ensure we have the very best strategic awareness and, therefore, to improve our decision-making.

One of NATO’s greatest strengths has always been our ability to adapt. The exercise here is part of that long tradition, helping to keep NATO the modern, 21st-century Alliance our citizens need it to be.

So thank you very much for this opportunity, I will look forward to your questions.