NAC meeting in Vilnius on 23 March will feature a discussion on NATO's adaptation to the changed security environment. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas will attend the meeting.
The NAC session on 24 March will focus on the security situation in the region. A meeting with the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė will also be held.
On the same day, members of the NAC will tour Pažaislis monastery and will visit the headquarters and training area of the Mechanized Infantry Brigade "Iron Wolf" in Rukla , where military presentation of allied forces in the Baltic States will be held. To that end, the Commander of the Lithuanian Land Force, Major General Almantas Leika and the Commander of the U.S. Army Europe, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges will meet with the members of the North Atlantic Council.
The North Atlantic Council was established by the North Atlantic Treaty. NAC meetings are held at permanent representative (ambassador) level. It also convenes at the ministerial level and at the level of heads of state and government. The NAC will pay a visit to Lithuania at the permanent representative level. NAC meetings in Lithuania will be chaired by the NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow.
