Press Release: NATO Secretary General to visit Switzerland

The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will visit Bern and Geneva on Wednesday, 1 March and Thursday, 2 March 2017.

During his visit in Bern, the Secretary General will meet the President of the Swiss Confederation, Ms. Doris Leuthard, the Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Didier Burkhalter and the Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Mr. Guy Parmelin.

In Geneva, the Secretary General will deliver remarks at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and he will also participate in a Public Townhall event on “NATO: Projecting Stability Beyond our Borders” followed by Q&As. Mr. Stoltenberg will also have a meeting with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Peter Maurer.

Still and video imagery of the meeting will be available after the event on the NATO website.