On May 20-21 Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas, his NATO counterparts and NATO leadership will discuss security situation, implementation of the NATO Readiness Action Plan (RAP), NATO operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo, and cooperation with partners at a NATO Military Committee (MC) meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
Chiefs of Defence of Georgia and Ukraine are expected to be in attendance at the event for a discussion on their countries' cooperation with the Alliance. The NATO Military Committee will also address preparations for the NATO Summit in Warsaw 2016.
The NATO Military Committee is the senior NATO military structure of command reporting to the North Atlantic Council, Defence Planning Committee and Nuclear Planning Group. It makes strategic decisions and shapes military advice to the political decision-making body - the North Atlantic Council.
The Committee is formed by the NATO countries' Chiefs of Defence at the highest level, while day-to- day activities are carried out by Military Representatives. Lithuania's Military Representative to NATO and the EU is Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevičius.
At Chiefs of Defence level the NATO Military Committee meets three times per year, twice in Brussels, and once in one of NATO member states on a rotational basis.
Spokesperson for the Chief of Defence of Lithuania Captain Mindaugas Neimontas, 00370 5 278 5091, 00370 682 25359, email: mindaugas.neimontas@mil.lt
