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29 August 2025 Update NATO Secretary General visits new ammunition factory, addresses German parliamentary group conference NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte travelled to Germany on 27-28 August 2025 to speak at the opening ceremony of a new Rheinmetall artillery plant and address a conference of the CDU/CSU and SPD parliamentary groups from the German Bundestag. Read more Deputy Secretary General in Copenhagen: Ukraine needs real peace, real safety and real security NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska participated in a working session on Ukraine at an informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Copenhagen on 29 August 2025. Read more Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2025) NATO collects defence expenditure data from Allies and publishes it on a regular basis. Each Ally’s Ministry of Defence reports current and estimated future defence expenditure according to an agreed definition. Read more Allies integrate critical undersea infrastructure monitoring into mine warfare exercise Sandy Coasts 25 Allied mine countermeasures ships and dive teams shifted focus to monitoring critical undersea infrastructure (CUI) while sharpening their skills in maritime security during exercise Sandy Coasts 25. (Story courtesy of Allied Maritime Command) Read more Deputy Secretary General discusses Romania’s contributions to Alliance, support for Ukraine and summit decisions On 25 August 2025, NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska addressed the Annual Meeting of the Romanian Diplomacy remotely from NATO Headquarters. In the plenary session titled “Our region in a new strategic reality,” she highlighted Romania’s contributions to collective security, including in deterrence and defence, Black Sea security and support for Ukraine. Read more Norway concludes intensive airpower integration as Bomber Task Force Europe returns to US US B-1B Lancer bombers completed two weeks of Allied-led training in Norway, strengthening integration between Norwegian and US aircraft in high-threat scenarios. (Story courtesy of Allied Air Command) Read more Canada to fund $500m PURL package for Ukraine On 24 August 2025, Canada announced that it will fund a $500 million package of military equipment and munitions for Ukraine sourced from the United States, under NATO’s new Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative. Read more Chair of the NATO Military Committee attends Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference From 26 to 28 August 2025, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, attended the annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference co-hosted by Admiral Samuel Paparo, Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, and by General Noonpackdee Songwit, Chief of Defence Forces of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. This year’s edition took place in Hua Hin, Thailand, with the theme “Peace through Strength - Ensuring Security and Prosperity in the lndo-Pacific”. Read more

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