| NATO Allies conduct drills in exercise Dragon 2024 |  | | |
Nine Allies are participating in the Polish-led multinational exercise Dragon 2024. It involves troops from France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States. The exercise helps NATO Allies train on military operations at both the tactical and operational level. It involves training on infantry operations and urban combat, and a live-fire tank exercise. Exercise Dragon falls under Steadfast Defender 2024 – NATO’s largest exercise in decades. Steadfast Defender 2024 is testing the Alliance’s new regional defence plans with forces practising rapid deployment and combat in both Norway and Poland. It is enabling Allies to demonstrate their ability to command and control large ground, air and sea forces across significant distances, within the Euro-Atlantic area. Exercise Dragon 2024 runs from 4 to 14 March. Click here to download the b-roll. Footage includes shots of a Polish Pilica anti-aircraft system operating, US troops practising tank recovery operations, M1 Abrams tanks firing, troops embarking and disembarking from a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and trench-clearing operations, as well as French infantry firing, and going through urban combat training. Footage also includes interviews with two French and one US officer. Click here to download pictures of exercise Dragon 2024. You can also click here for more information on exercise Steadfast Defender 2024. | |
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| NATO’s marines brave the Norwegian Arctic for exercise Nordic Response 2024 |  | | |
Allied marines have landed in Norway for exercise Nordic Response 2024, which is part of Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest military drills in decades. In the fjords near Alta, one of Norway’s northernmost cities, Finnish Marines with the Nyland Brigade came ashore via Swedish Navy CB-90 assault boats. They then skied through steep hills and dense forests, proving their ability to conduct amphibious operations regardless of climate or terrain. Marines from Italy and France also participated in the landings. North of Alta, US Marines with the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2) moved deeper into the austere landscape, using tracked vehicles and snowmobiles to quickly move through the deep snow. These US Marines spent a month preparing for the challenging weather at the training grounds near Setermoen, where Norwegian soldiers have helped US Marines prepare for arctic combat for more than five years. Click here to download the b-roll. Footage includes shots of Finnish Marines conducting amphibious landings and moving on skis, as well as US Marines manning defensive positions and moving through the snow. Footage also includes interviews with US marine officers. You can also click here for more information on exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 |
| Finnish and Swedish armoured units cross into Norway for exercise Nordic Response 2024 |  | | |
Finnish Army tanks and Swedish Army mechanised infantry have charged into Norway for exercise Nordic Response 2024, showing NATO’s ability to rapidly move forces across Allied borders. During a demonstration for the media, Finnish Leopard 2 tanks and Swedish CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles crossed from Finland into Norway at Kivilompolo, roughly 140 kilometres south of Alta, where NATO forces have massed for the exercise. Exercise Nordic Response gathers 20,000 troops from 13 NATO Allies in northern Norway to train together in the harsh arctic environment. It’s part of Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s biggest exercise in decades. Click here to download the b-roll. Footage includes shots of Finnish and Swedish units during the demonstration, as well as interviews with Swedish Minister of Defence Pål Jonson and Finnish Army Chief of Staff Major General Jukka Jokinen. You can also click here for more information on exercise Steadfast Defender 2024. | |
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Swedish flag raised at NATO Headquarters The Swedish flag was raised at NATO Headquarters for the first time on Monday (11 March 2024) in a ceremony to mark the country’s membership of the Alliance. Sweden became NATO’s 32nd Ally on 7 March upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the United States government in Washington D.C. Click here to access all the video files related to the accession of Sweden to NATO including the joint press point by the NATO Secretary General and the Prime Minister of Sweden and the flag-raising ceremony. Click here to download a recent B-ROLL of Finnish and Swedish marines practising amphibious operations with other NATO Allies in northern Norway, in preparation for NATO’s exercise Nordic Response 24. The web story is available on the NATO website. | |
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On Thursday, 14 March 2024, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, will receive the President of Poland, Mr Andrzej Duda, at the NATO Headquarters. Media Advisory 15:30 (CET) Joint press conference by the Secretary General and the President of Poland Media coverage - Media representatives who are annually accredited to NATO in 2024 can cover the press event in person. This event is also open to media representatives who are confirmed accredited to the launch of the NATO Secretary General’s Annual Report for 2023.
- The event will be streamed live on X @NATOPress and on the NATO website. A transcript of the Secretary General’s remarks, as well as photographs, will be on the NATO website.
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For general queries: Contact the NATO Press Office Media representatives with accreditation queries must contact NATO Accreditations via NatoAccreditations@hq.nato.int | |
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Le jeudi 14 mars 2024, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, M. Jens Stoltenberg, recevra le président de la Pologne, M. Andrzej Duda, au siège de l’Organisation. Note aux médias 15h30 (CET) Conférence de presse conjointe du secrétaire général de l’OTAN et du président de la Pologne Couverture médias - Les représentants des médias titulaires d’une accréditation OTAN pour 2024 pourront assister en personne à la conférence de presse. Cet événement est également ouvert aux représentants dont l’accréditation pour le lancement du rapport annuel 2023 du secrétaire général de l’OTAN a été confirmée.
Pour de plus amples informations
Questions d’ordre général : formulaire de contact du Service Presse de l’OTAN
Les questions des représentants des médias concernant les accréditations doivent être adressées au Bureau d’accréditation des médias : NatoAccreditations@hq.nato.int
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Petr Pavel, President of the Czech RepublicThis year we are commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Czech Republic’s accession to NATO, which marked a watershed moment on the path to ensuring our national security. | |
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| Vstup České republiky do NATO, jehož 25. výročí si letos připomínáme, znamenal na cestě k zajištění naší bezpečnosti zcela přelomovou událost. |
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| | NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has released his Annual Report for 2023  | | | |
On 14 March 2023, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg released his Annual Report for 2023. The world faces greater challenges than it has for generations. Rising competition with authoritarian states including Russia and China, war in Europe and the Middle East, terrorism, cyber-attacks and the climate crisis. We need NATO more than ever. Europe and North America, united in NATO, stand strong and ready to protect and defend our 32 countries and one billion people. In 2023, our Alliance became bigger, stronger and more capable. Finland became a NATO Ally, and only last week we welcomed Sweden as a member. At our Vilnius Summit in July 2023, Allies agreed robust new defence plans, backed by hundreds of thousands of troops at a high state of readiness, ready to defend every inch of NATO territory. At the Vilnius Summit, Allies agreed to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence. In 2024, we expect around 18 Allies will meet or exceed this target, up from just three in 2014. Allies also agreed a new Defence Production Action Plan to provide the weapons and ammunition we need for a credible deterrence and defence, and to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom. In 2023, we brought Ukraine closer to our Alliance. We established the NATO-Ukraine Council, continued to provide tens of billions of dollars in military, financial and humanitarian aid, and we removed the need for a Membership Action Plan. All Allies agree that Ukraine will become a member of NATO. In this report you will read how NATO is evolving to deal with the many threats we face. It covers NATO’s work and achievements throughout the year, including at the Vilnius Summit and our determined support for Ukraine. In 2023, NATO commissioned surveys across all 31 Allies and in Sweden (then invitee) to understand our citizens’ perceptions of NATO. Support for our Alliance, the transatlantic bond and collective defence remains strong. 82% believe collaboration between North America and Europe on safety and security matters is important. This report also includes details of estimated 2023 national defence expenditures for all 31 NATO Allies. 2023 saw the ninth annual increase in defence spending, with an unprecedented 11% increase across European Allies and Canada. By the end of 2024, European Allies and Canada will have spent an additional $600 billion on defence since Allies agreed the Defence Investment Pledge in 2014. The Secretary General’s Annual Report is now available online.
You can download a PDF of the full Report here.
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Publication du rapport annuel 2023 du secrétaire général de l’OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg  | | | |
Le 14 mars 2023, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg a publié son rapport annuel 2023. Le monde fait face à des défis d’une ampleur qu’il n’a pas connue depuis des générations : intensification de la compétition avec des États autoritaires, dont la Russie et la Chine, guerre en Europe et au Moyen-Orient, terrorisme, cyberattaques ou encore crise climatique. L’OTAN n’a jamais été aussi essentielle. L’Europe et l’Amérique du Nord, unies au sein de l’Organisation, se tiennent prêtes et résolues à protéger et à défendre les 32 pays membres de l’Alliance et leurs populations, soit un milliard de personnes. En 2023, l’Alliance s'est agrandie et renforcée, et elle a gagné en efficacité. La Finlande est devenue membre de l'OTAN, tout comme, il y a une semaine à peine, la Suède. Au sommet tenu à Vilnius en juillet 2023, l’Alliance a adopté de nouveaux plans de défense, qui reposent sur plusieurs centaines de milliers de soldats mobilisables sur court préavis, et qui doivent lui permettre de défendre efficacement chaque centimètre carré de son territoire. À Vilnius, les Alliés sont convenus de consacrer au moins 2 % de leur produit intérieur brut (PIB) à la défense. En 2024, à peu près 18 pays membres devraient atteindre ou dépasser ce seuil, contre trois seulement en 2014. Les pays de l’OTAN ont également approuvé un nouveau plan d’action sur la production pour la défense, qui doit permettre la fourniture des armes et des munitions dont l’Alliance a besoin pour assurer une dissuasion et une défense crédibles et pour soutenir l’Ukraine dans le combat qu’elle mène pour sa liberté. Les décisions prises en 2023 – création du Conseil OTAN-Ukraine, poursuite de l’aide militaire, financière et humanitaire à l’Ukraine pour un montant de plusieurs dizaines de milliards de dollars, suppression de l’étape du plan d’action pour l’adhésion –, ont aidé l’Ukraine à se rapprocher de l’Alliance. Tous les Alliés s’accordent sur le fait qu’elle deviendra membre de l’OTAN. Le rapport annuel du secrétaire général relate les transitions opérées par l’OTAN pour répondre aux nombreuses menaces auxquelles elle est confrontée, et il passe en revue les activités et les réalisations de l’Organisation au cours de l’année écoulée, notamment le sommet de Vilnius et le soutien résolu à l’Ukraine. En 2023, l’OTAN a fait procéder à des sondages dans ses 31 pays membres et en Suède, alors pays invité, afin de mieux comprendre comment elle y était perçue par les citoyens. Les résultats ont montré que l’attachement à l’Alliance, au lien transatlantique et à la défense collective restait fort et que, pour 82 % des personnes interrogées, la collaboration entre l’Amérique du Nord et l’Europe en matière de sûreté et de sécurité était importante. Ce rapport contient aussi des informations détaillées sur les dépenses de défense estimatives des 31 pays de l’OTAN en 2023. Les Alliés européens et le Canada ont augmenté leurs dépenses de défense pour la neuvième année consécutive, enregistrant en 2023 une hausse sans précédent de 11 %. Entre 2014, année où a été adopté l’engagement en matière d’investissements de défense, et fin 2024, ils auront consacré 600 milliards de dollars supplémentaires à la défense. La version intégrale du rapport annuel du secrétaire général est maintenant disponible en ligne.
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NATO Secretary General meets the President of Poland
