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NATO Secretary General and President of Slovakia discuss preparations for the Washington Summit NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini to NATO Headquarters on Friday (28 June 2024) to discuss preparations for the Washington Summit. Click here to download the warm words by the NATO Secretary General and the President of Slovakia. You can also click here for the web story.

NATO Secretary General welcomes President Zelenskyy to NATO HQ ahead of Washington Summit NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to NATO Headquarters on Thursday (27 June 2024) to discuss final preparations for the Washington Summit in July. Click here to download the b-roll of the bilateral meeting between the NATO Secretary General and the Ukrainian President. You can also click here for the web story. NATO Secretary General: Estonia leads by example in NATO NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas to NATO Headquarters on Thursday (27 June 2024) to discuss final preparations for the Washington Summit, including the provision of further support to Ukraine. Click here to download the joint press conference by the NATO Secretary General and the Prime Minister of Estonia. You can also click here for the web story. NATO Secretary General praises France's leading role in NATO during visit to Paris NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday (24 June 2024) to discuss preparations for the Washington Summit in July. The Secretary General praised France's key role in the Alliance, including its contributions to collective defence on the eastern flank with deployments in Romania and Estonia. He also thanked President Macron for France’s contributions to NATO's air policing in the Baltic skies and in the maritime domain.  He further underlined that France’s nuclear forces contribute to the overall security of the Alliance. Click here to download the statements by the NATO Secretary General and the French President. You can also click here for the web story.

28 June 2024 Update Secretary General welcomes President Zelenskyy to NATO Headquarters to prepare Washington Summit Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to NATO Headquarters on 27 June 2024 to discuss final preparations for the Washington Summit in July. READ MORE NATO Allies select Mark Rutte as next Secretary General On 26 June 2024, the North Atlantic Council decided to appoint Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next Secretary General of NATO, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg. Mr Rutte will assume his functions as Secretary General from 1 October 2024, when Mr Stoltenberg’s term expires after ten years at the helm of the Alliance. READ MORE Secretary General praises France's leading role in NATO during visit to Paris Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 24 June 2024 to discuss preparations for the Washington Summit in July. READ MORE Secretary General: Estonia leads by example in NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Prime Minister Kaja Kallas of Estonia to NATO Headquarters on 27 June 2024 to discuss final preparations for the Washington Summit, including the provision of further support to Ukraine. READ MORE NATO Secretary General and President of Slovakia discuss preparations for the Washington Summit Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed President Peter Pellegrini of Slovakia to NATO Headquarters on 28 June 2024 to discuss preparations for the Washington Summit. READ MORE Chair of the NATO Military Committee attends African Chiefs of Defense Conference in Botswana From 24 to 26 June 2024, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, attended the US AFRICOM African Chiefs of Defense Conference in Botswana, where he delivered a speech on security governance and partnerships. READ MORE NATO and Japan discuss cooperation at the military staff talks On 26 June 2024, NATO hosted military staff talks with Japan, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The discussions focused on the ongoing partnership, security challenges, resilience building and future opportunities for cooperation. The meeting took place under the auspices of the NATO Cooperative Security Division. READ MORE Deep Dive Recap: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and the Gender Perspective On 19 June 2024, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the NATO International Military Staff (IMS) Office of the Gender Advisor (GENAD) hosted its monthly Deep Dive session on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) and the Gender Perspective. READ MORE NATO Allies and partners boost interoperability through defence education Representatives from NATO Allies and partners met last week in Denmark on the occasion of the 13th edition of the Clearing House on Defence Education hosted by NATO and the Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, with support from the Royal Danish Defence College. READ MORE 2024 Washington Summit Seventy-five years ago, 12 countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. to ensure their collective defence in an unpredictable world. This year, 32 NATO Allies will meet again in Washington, D.C. to make key decisions on how to continue to protect their one billion citizens as the world faces the most dangerous security environment since the Cold War. READ MORE

26 June 2024

NATO Allies select Mark Rutte as next Secretary General On Wednesday (26 June 2024), the North Atlantic Council decided to appoint Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next Secretary General of NATO, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg. Mr Rutte will assume his functions as Secretary General from 1 October 2024, when Mr Stoltenberg’s term expires after ten years at the helm of the Alliance. Les Alliés choisissent Mark Rutte comme nouveau secrétaire général Ce mercredi (26 juin 2024), le Conseil de l’Atlantique Nord a décidé de nommer au poste de secrétaire général de l’OTAN le premier ministre des Pays-Bas, Mark Rutte, qui succédera ainsi à Jens Stoltenberg. M. Rutte prendra ses fonctions le 1er octobre 2024, à l’expiration du mandat de M. Stoltenberg, qui aura alors passé dix ans à la tête de l’Alliance.

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