NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels
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Belgium
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February 12 at 06:19
Belgium, Brussels
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NATO defence ministers meet at alliance headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, February 12.
Chaired by Secretary General Mark Rutte, the talks are set to focus on key security challenges facing the alliance including the row between the US and Europe over Greenland and the Ukraine conflict following the US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral.
The meeting marks the first participation of Ukraine’s new defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, who took office in January.
Programme:
06:30 GMT Ministers’ arrivals and doorstep statements
07:30 GMT Doorstep statement by the NATO Secretary General
07:50 GMT Remarks by the NATO Secretary General and the US Under Secretary of War
08:00 GMT Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers’ Session - Opening remarks by the NATO Secretary General
11:05 GMT Official Photo of the NATO Ministers of Defence
11:30 GMT Remarks by the NATO Secretary General and the Minister of Defence of Ukraine
14:00-14:30 GMT Secretary General’s Press Conference
14:45-16:45 GMT Meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group – Opening remarks
17:15 GMT Press conference by the Minister of Defence of Germany, Secretary of Defence of the United Kingdom and the Minister of Defence of Ukraine