(AGENPARL) – ven 20 dicembre 2024 • Allied Chiefs of Defence meeting with Partners – 15-16 January 2025
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Press Release
20 December 2024
Allied Chiefs of Defence meeting with Partners – 15-16 January 2025 [https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_221499.htm]
Media Advisory
NATO’s highest Military Authority, the Military Committee, will meet in person on 15 and 16 January 2025 in Brussels. Allied Chiefs of Defence will meet with over 20 of their counterparts from NATO Partner nations. The meeting will be presided by Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the Military Committee and supported by General Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), and Admiral Pierre Vandier, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT).
The Chiefs of Defence will discuss issues of strategic importance to the Alliance, while focusing on cooperation with Partners and unified responses to global challenges.
NATO Secretary General, Mr. Mark Rutte, will join the Military Committee for the opening session to address the Alliance’s key priorities and challenges.
The first session will see Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Cavoli brief the Chiefs of Defence on NATO’s readiness to deter and defend the Euro-Atlantic area and to safeguard the region’s one billion inhabitants. SACEUR will also have broader discussions on NATO’s ongoing missions, and on support to Ukraine, including the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU), which has begun to assume responsibilities to support Ukraine.
During the second session, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Admiral Vandier, will lead a discussion on Interoperability by Design. Additionally, SACT will update the Military Committee on :
The NATO Defence Planning Process; The status of the Joint Analysis Training and Education Centre (JATEC); The implementation path for a multi domain-enabled Alliance by 2030.
In the third and fourth sessions, together with their counterparts from NATO Partners nations, the Chiefs of Defence will discuss the different manifestations of pervasive instability around the globe.
Exchanges with partners will continue on the second day, when Allied and Partner Chiefs of Defence will discuss military cooperation, standardization and interoperability.
This will be followed by thematic sessions on the Global South and the Indo-Pacific, with briefings on the strategic security situation of both regions, their regional challenges and implications for world-wide security.
The MCCS will wrap up with a Joint Press Conference by the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation.
Media Opportunities
Wednesday 15 January 2025
08:30 Livestreamed Opening Remarks by:
Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, NATO Secretary General, Mr. Mark Rutte.
Thursday 16 January 2025
17:30 Press Conference with
Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Christopher Cavoli Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Admiral Pierre Vandier.
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