High-level international conference on November 30: NATO's OUTLOOK TOWARDS 2030 AND BEYOND

The Latvian Institute of International Affairs in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, invites you to the high-level public conference "NATO's OUTLOOK TOWARDS 2030 AND BEYOND". The event will take place on November 30 at the conferencecenter "Fantadroms", Gustava Zemgala gatve 74a, Riga.

The conference will address the process launched at the NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Riga to develop the new Strategic Concept for the Alliance. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs will open the conference, and the NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will address the audience with a keynote speech. The first part of the event will be devoted to the panel discussions among the Foreign Ministers of NATO member and partner countries. The second part will focus on questions related to the Alliance's challenges, changes in the international security environment, and NATO's partnership policy.

By organizing the conference "NATO's OUTLOOK TOWARDS 2030 AND BEYOND" the LIIA in close collaboration with its partners continuous contributing to the development of an excellent, high-level platform for exchanging views on security policy topicalities promoting mutual understanding and dialogue between policy makers and practitioners, think tanks, academia, youth, and the general public. The conference will also conclude the annual podcast sessions of the Riga Security Forum 2021, which from October to the end of November, reflects on different security environment-related issues.

The conference will be live-streamed online on the websites of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and other international platforms. Further information will follow on the social media accounts of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.

The Latvian Institute of International Affairs invites representatives of the mass media to apply for accreditation for working at the venue. Applicants are kindly asked to fill in the mandatory form https://ej.uz/NATOs_OUTLOOK_30-11. Applications will be accepted until November 22.

For additional questions and inquiries, please contact the Latvian Institute of International Affairs by phone: +371 29231376 or email: [email protected].