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NATO Parliamentary Assembly

SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS (PCTR)

DRAFT PROGRAMME

BELGIUM AND

15 - 17 SEPTEMBER 2014

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IMPORTANT NOTICE  All meetings, speakers and venues are still to be confirmed  All participants are required to carry their passports with them at all times

SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

Arrival of participants in Brussels Individual transfer to hotel

Accommodation THE HOTEL Contact: Daniel Castro Boulevard de Waterloo 38 1000 Brussels Phone: +32 (0) 2 504 11 11 Preferential Rate : Single Superior room 150€ including breakfast and wifi, excluding city tax Reservation Deadline : Friday 15 August 2014 Website: http://www.thehotel-brussels.be/

Evening Free

MONDAY 15 SEPTEMBER BRUSSSELS

8.10 Registration of participants in hotel lobby

8.20 Depart by bus to NATO Headquarters

Meetings at NATO Headquarters Boulevard Leopold III, 1110 Brussels,

Briefings on: NATO post Summit

9.00 Meeting with Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary General, NATO

10.00 Meeting with James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.00 Panel Discussion with H.E. Mr Yves Brodeur, Permanent Representative of Canada to NATO, H.E. Mr Rudy Huygelen, Permanent Representative of Belgium to NATO and H.E. Mr Kęstutis Jankauskas, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to NATO

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

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14.30 Meeting with H.E. Mr Douglas E. Lute, Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO

15.30 Meeting with Lieutenant General David Hogg, U.S. Military Representative to the NATO

16.30 End of meetings. Return by bus to hotel

Evening Free for Embassies

TUESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

9.30 Meet in hotel lobby and depart by bus to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)

Meetings at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Casteau, Mons, Belgium

Morning Meeting with General Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), NATO

Briefing on NATO Partnerships

Lunch

Afternoon Briefing on Cyber Security

Briefings by NATO Special Operations Command

End of meetings. Return by bus to hotel

Evening Free for embassies

WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER BRUNSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS

8.30 Meet in hotel lobby and depart by bus to Joint Force Command Brunssum

Meetings at Joint Force Command Brunssum Rimburgerweg 30, 6445 PA Brunssum Netherlands

Briefings on: Role of Joint Force Command Brunssum Afghanistan: International SecurityLocation: Assistance Force (ISAF) and Resolution Support Mission (RSM)

Lunch

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The NATO Response Force – an Update

NATO Response to the Ukraine Crisis

Tbc Return to the hotel

End of meetings and individual departure of participants

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