(C) NATO This story was originally published by NATO and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . News: News [1] [] Date: 2023-03 09 Mar. 2023 NATO Secretary General hosts meeting of senior officials from Türkiye, Finland and Sweden On Thursday (9 March 2023), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg convened representatives from the governments of Türkiye, Finland and Sweden - the parties to the Permanent Joint Mechanism established by the Trilateral Memorandum signed in Madrid on the margins of the 2022 NATO Summit. This was the third such meeting of the Permanent Joint Mechanism since its creation last year. 08 Mar. 2023 NATO Secretary General at EU Defence Ministerial: we must boost ammunition stockpiles, ramp up production Arriving at a meeting of EU Defence Ministers on Wednesday (8 March 2023), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined the importance of strengthened ammunition stockpiles and more joint procurement in order to continue supporting Ukraine. He noted that NATO Allies have provided Ukraine with support worth nearly €150 billion over the past year, of which €65 billion has been military support. He added that NATO-EU cooperation continues to be vital in supporting Ukraine and protecting shared values. 08 Mar. 2023 NATO delivers buses to the Military Women’s Training Centre of Jordan For servicewomen of the Jordanian Armed Forces, lack of transport can limit their professional training and career development. To address that shortfall, two 23-seater buses were delivered to the Military Women’s Training Centre (MWTC) of the Jordanian Armed Forces in Zarqa on Sunday (5 March 2023), as part of NATO’s Defence Capacity Building (DCB) package for Jordan. 08 Mar. 2023 NATO team in North Macedonia to help against hybrid attacks NATO sent a senior-level delegation to North Macedonia on Tuesday (07 March 2023) to help the NATO Ally cope with the consequences of recent hybrid attacks. 08 Mar. 2023 NATO marks International Women’s Day with conference on gender equality in technology On International Women’s Day (8 March 2023), experts from across the Alliance convened at NATO Headquarters to discuss the role that women and gender play in shaping future technologies and how technologies need to be adapted to empower and protect women and men equally in both civilian and military domains. 08 Mar. 2023 NATO launches counter-terrorism capacity-building course NATO has launched an online counter-terrorism capacity-building course open to participants from Allied and partner countries 07 Mar. 2023 NATO Deputy Secretary General: resilience requires close cooperation with partners like Ireland Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană underlined the importance of NATO’s partnership with Ireland in remarks delivered online to the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) on Monday (6 March 2023). He underlined the importance of ensuring resilient societies, saying: “as an advanced, knowledge based economy, with thriving technology, pharmaceutical, and financial sectors, ensuring Ireland’s resilience will be critical in the years ahead.” 07 Mar. 2023 NATO Secretary General: Albania plays a key role promoting stability in the Western Balkans Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg praised Albania for its contributions to NATO in a meeting with President Bajram Begaj at NATO Headquarters on Tuesday (7 March 2023). 07 Mar. 2023 Secretary General in Stockholm: time to welcome Finland and Sweden as NATO Allies The time has come to welcome Sweden and Finland into NATO, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday (7 March 2023) at the start of a two-day visit to Stockholm. In a news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, he said the accession of the two countries “is a top priority, and we are making progress”. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news.htm Published and (C) by NATO Content appears here under this condition or license: in acordance with "Requirements for the external use of NATO content.". via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/nato/