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NATO Military Chiefs of Defence meeting, 16 May 2024

16 May

NATO’s highest Military Authority, the Military Committee, will meet in person 16 May 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the Military Committee, will preside over the meeting, which will be attended by the Allied Chiefs of Defence and their counterpart from Ukraine. They will be supported by General Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), and General Philippe Lavigne, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT).

The meeting of the NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session (MCCS) will enable the Chiefs of Defence, to meet and discuss issues of strategic importance to the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will join the Military Committee for the opening session to address the Alliance’s key priorities and challenges.

The first session will see the Chiefs of Defence meet in a NATO-Ukraine Council format to discuss Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the situation on the ground, and NATO and Allied continued support to Ukraine.

The second session will see General Cavoli, SACEUR, brief the Chiefs of Defence on the progress made towards the implementation and executability of the DDA Family of Plans that were adopted at the Vilnius Summit in July 2023 (in preparations of the Washington Summit). Broader discussions will also be held on enablement, integrated air and missile defence, defence industrial capacity and societal resilience.

The third session will be led by General Lavigne, SACT, and will focus on implementation of Multi-Domain Operations Concept and the Warfare Development Agenda (WDA) which provides the plan for NATO’s military transformation for the next twenty years. More extensive discussions will also be held concerning aligning operations and defence planning within the NATO Defence Planning Process.

Thursday 16 May 2024

08:15

Livestreamed Opening Remarks by Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, and Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General.

18:00

Press Conference with

  • Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer.
  • Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Christopher Cavoli
  • Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, General Philippe Lavigne.

 

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16 May
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Boulevard Leopold III
Brussels, 1110 Belgium
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