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Between 1 August and 30 November with almost 80 soldiers and four JAS-39 Gripen fighters, the Hungarian Defence Forces take over the lead and contribute to the NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltic States, together with Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy.

NATO Defence Ministers concluded two days of preparations for the upcoming Madrid Summit on Thursday (16 June 2022). Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Summit would address key areas including strengthened deterrence and defence; support for Ukraine and other partners at risk; a new NATO Strategic Concept; better burden-sharing and resourcing; and Finland and Sweden’s historic applications for membership.

Allies stand strong together in NATO in the face of the biggest security threat in a generation At an extraordinary Summit in Brussels today (24 March 2022), Allied leaders agreed to reset NATO’s longer-term deterrence and defence posture across all domains, land, sea, air, cyber and space. This reflects the new security reality resulting from President Putin’s brutal and unprovoked war on Ukraine.

NATO leaders call on Russia to stop “senseless war” NATO leaders meeting virtually today (25 February 2022) called on Russia “to stop this senseless war, immediately cease its assault, withdraw all its forces from Ukraine, and turn back to the path of dialogue and turn away from aggression,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.