Luc Frieden and Xavier Bettel attend the "NATO Summit 2024" in Washington”

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Prime Minister Luc Frieden and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Xavier Bettel participated in the NATO Summit in Washington from 9 to 11 July 2024, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Alliance.

  1. Group photo

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  2. Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Mellon Auditorium - Ceremony to mark NATO's 75th anniversary - Family photo

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  3. (fr. l. to r.) Marjolijne Frieden, wife of Luc Frieden; Luc Frieden, Prime Minister

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  4. Walter E. Washington Convention Center - NATO Summit - Meeting of Heads of State and Government - Tour de table

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  5. Walter E. Washington Convention Center - NATO Summit - Meeting of Heads of State and Government - Tour de table - General view

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  6. (fr. l. to r.) Joseph (Joe) R. Biden Jr, President of the United States of America; Luc Frieden, Prime Minister; Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

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  7. (fr. l. to r.) Xavier Bettel, Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs; Luc Frieden, Prime Minister.

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  8. (fr. l. to r.) Luc Frieden, Prime Minister; Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic; Alexander de Croo, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium

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  9. (fr. l. to r.) Luc Frieden, Prime Minister; Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany; Alexander de Croo, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium

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  10. (fr. l. to r.) Alexander de Croo, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium; Luc Frieden, Prime Minister

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  11. (fr. l. to r.) Xavier Bettel, Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; Charles Michel, President of the European Council

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  12. (fr. l. to r.) Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); Xavier Bettel, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

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  13. (de g. à dr.) Xavier Bettel, Vice-Premier ministre, ministre des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce extérieur ; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, président de la république de Turquie

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  14. (fr. l. to r.) Xavier Bettel, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine

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  15. (fr. l. to r.) Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic; Xavier Bettel, Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs; Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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  16. (fr. l. to r.) Dick Schoof, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Xavier Bettel, Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

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As the representative of a founding country, the Prime Minister took the opportunity to underline Luxembourg's unwavering attachment to this transatlantic alliance and the shared values of democracy, individual freedom, human rights and the rule of law that it represents.

In order to continue to ensure a collective defense adapted to the deteriorating security context, the Heads of State and Government took new measures to strengthen the Alliance's posture of deterrence and collective defense. In this context, the Prime Minister reaffirmed that Luxembourg will assume its responsibilities as a committed and reliable ally and will continue to fully respect its defense investment commitments: "Since 2014, Luxembourg has more than tripled its defense effort and we will maintain this upward trend to reach 2% in 2030." This roadmap implies the development of capabilities in the land, air, cyber and space domains.

Prime Minister Frieden noted the symbolic nature of the signing in Washington, on the sidelines of the NATO summit, but also on the ground of our liberators in the Second World War. Today it is Ukraine that needs friends to help it resist invasion.

The Summit was an occasion for the Prime Minister and Vice Prime Minister to have many informal exchanges of views with their respective counterparts.

For more details about the event, please read the Government’s Press Release.

Press release by the Ministry of State, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade and the Directorate of Defence

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