A Public Discussion with
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General

The Secretary-General will discuss areas of current cooperation, including training efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq; and areas for possible joint work in the future, including cyber defence, maritime security, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda. The discussion will look at NATO-New Zealand relations and the importance of the partnership.

Mr Jens Stoltenberg has been serving as the 13th Secretary General of NATO since 2014. A member of the Labour Party, he was Prime Minister of Norway from 2000 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2013. Mr Stoltenberg is a strong supporter of enhanced transatlantic cooperation, including better burden-sharing across the Atlantic. He sees NATO and the EU as complementary organisations in terms of securing peace and development in Europe and beyond. Mr Stoltenberg has had a number of international assignments. These include chairing the UN High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence and the High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. He was also UN Special Envoy on Climate Change.

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