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NATO Secretary General visits Italy NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, visited Italy today (12 June 2025), ahead of the Allied leaders’ Summit in The Hague later this month. He met Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and they took stock of final preparations for the Summit. He also participated in the meeting of the Weimar Plus group. Click here to download the doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General and Italian Deputy Prime Minister and here for the joint press conference with NATO Secretary General's participation at the Weimar Plus meeting. A webstory on the Secretary General's visit to Italy can be found here

NATO Secretary General visits Sweden NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Sweden on 13 June 2025, ahead of the Allied leaders’ Summit in The Hague later this month. He met with the Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson. Secretary General Rutte also took part in a panel discussion at the annual Bilderberg meeting, alongside the President of the European Investment Bank Nadia Calviño and US Army General Chris Donahue.  Click here to download the joint press conference by NATO Secretary General and Swedish Prime Minister.  A webstory on the Secretary General's visit to Sweden can be found here

NATO Review offers expert opinion, analysis and debate on security issues. What is published in this magazine does not necessarily represent the official position or policy of member governments, or of NATO NATO’s path to peace and security in an unstable world General Karel Řehka, Chief of Defence of the Czech Republic As the NATO Summit approaches, we stand at a pivotal moment for our Alliance and our shared mission to safeguard peace. The Madrid, Vilnius and Washington Summits already set a clear path for NATO following Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine and a shifting global security landscape. In The Hague, we will evaluate our progress and go even further, cementing our new capability targets and establishing new spending commitments to strengthen our collective defence. READ/LISTEN MORE

13 June 2025 Update NATO Secretary General in Stockholm, highlights Sweden’s defence industry leadership and support to Ukraine NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm today to discuss preparations for the NATO Summit in The Hague. Read more NATO Secretary General praises Italy’s contributions to Euro-Atlantic security and highlights priorities for the Summit in The Hague NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Italy on 12 June 2025, ahead of the Allied leaders’ Summit in The Hague later this month. He met Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and they took stock of final preparations for the Summit. He also participated in the meeting of the Weimar Plus group. Read more NATO Secretary General calls for “quantum leap” in collective defence on visit to the United Kingdom On 9 June 2025, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte travelled to the United Kingdom for a bilateral meeting with the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, ahead of the NATO Summit in The Hague later this month. During his trip, Mr Rutte also joined the British Minister of Defence, John Healey, on a tour of the historic steel production site at Sheffield Forgemasters and delivered a keynote speech at Chatham House. Read more Building a better NATO: Secretary General's Pre-Summit Speech at Chatham House On 9 June 2025, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte gave a keynote speech at Chatham House in London, United Kingdom. “Building A Better NATO” outlines Mr Rutte’s priorities for the Alliance at the NATO Summit in The Hague (24-25 June) in light of growing security challenges. It also provides factual context for his expectation that Allies will agree to invest 5% of their GDP in defence. Read more NATO Deputy Secretary General addresses the Brussels Forum on Transatlantic Defence On 11 June 2025 at the Brussels Forum, NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska underlined the relevance of the transatlantic bond throughout the Alliance’s 75-year history. Read more NATO and Bosnia and Herzegovina boost practical cooperation Four military police vehicles were donated to the Military Police of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina at a ceremony held on 10 June 2025, at the Rajlovac barracks. The ceremony marked the completion of the delivery of this equipment and associated training, under Slovenia’s lead, in the framework of NATO’s Defence Capacity Building Package for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Read more NATO’s Digital Ocean Vision concludes three-day wargame From 10 to 13 June 2025, as part of its pioneering initiative Digital Ocean Vision, NATO offered participants the opportunity to test and compare next-generation systems alongside traditional naval platforms in a digital wargame. Read more NATO and Azerbaijan strengthen cooperation on defence education Representatives from NATO’s Defence and Security Cooperation Directorate met with the leadership and personnel of Azerbaijan’s National Defence University and its affiliated military education institutions in Baku from 29 to 30 May 2025. They took stock of ongoing reform efforts within the framework of NATO’s Defence Education Enhancement Programme. Read more NATO releases new Science & Technology Strategy On 5 June 2025, NATO Defence Ministers endorsed the new NATO Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy. In support of NATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept, the Strategy positions S&T as a central pillar for preserving NATO’s military and technological edge. Read more NATO-Jordan statement on the signature of the legal agreement for the establishment of a diplomatic NATO Liaison Office in Amman On 12 June 2025, NATO and Jordan marked an important milestone in their partnership with the signature of the bilateral legal agreement for the establishment of a NATO Liaison Office (NLO) in Amman, Jordan. The agreement was signed by the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Javier Colomina, and the Head of Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to NATO, H.E. Ambassador Yousef Bataineh. Read more 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague - overview NATO Allies will take decisions in The Hague, the Netherlands to make NATO a stronger, fairer and more lethal Alliance. We live in a more dangerous world, and this is a critical moment for our security. Allies are coming together to reinforce their cooperation and their commitment to NATO. Read more

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