NATO announces alliance military committee meeting in January 2025

The meeting of the Chiefs of Defense Staff of NATO member countries with partners will be held on January 15-16, 2025 in Brussels. This was reported on December 19 in the press service of the North Atlantic Alliance.

"NATO's highest military body, the Military Committee, will meet on January 15 and 16, 2025 in Brussels. NATO commanding generals will meet with more than 20 of their counterparts from NATO partner countries," the statement said.

The press service noted that during the meeting the Chiefs of Staff will discuss topics related to collective defense, support for Ukraine, as well as security issues in the countries of the Global South and the Indo-Pacific region.

It specified that the meeting will be chaired by the head of the alliance's Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, with the support of NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Christopher Cavoli and NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation Admiral Pierre Vandieu.

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Earlier, on November 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called NATO's statements about possible preemptive strikes against Russia absolutely irresponsible. Lavrov, also commenting on the discussions in Washington about the potential transfer of nuclear weapons to Ukraine, said that the final decision in this matter is made by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and the statements of politicians are aimed at attracting public attention.

Prior to that, on November 25, Rob Bauer said that NATO was discussing the possibility of launching preventive strikes against Russia in the event of a conflict with it by the alliance countries. It was specified that in case of a hypothetical attack, the alliance should try to strike with high-precision means to hit launchers in the Russian Federation.

On November 12, Bauer expressed the opinion that if Russia did not have nuclear weapons, NATO would have sent its troops to Ukraine long ago.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a plenary session of the Valdai Club on November 7, called NATO the only remaining bloc in the world and a blatant anachronism. He noted that the alliance, which has lost its relevance, violates international norms and its own principles.