{"id":11406,"date":"2012-11-28T14:40:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T13:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/the-ndc-inaugurates-the-military-conference-on-nato-russia-council-cooperation-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:01:44","slug":"the-ndc-inaugurates-the-military-conference-on-nato-russia-council-cooperation-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/the-ndc-inaugurates-the-military-conference-on-nato-russia-council-cooperation-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"The NDC Inaugurates the Military Conference on NATO-Russia Council Cooperation Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/121NRC_Conf_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"NDC Commandant LtGen Dalhaug (left) welcomes the Commandant of the General Staff Military Academy of the Russian Armed Forces, LtGen Tretiak.\" \/><figcaption>NDC Commandant LtGen Dalhaug (left) welcomes the Commandant of the General Staff Military Academy of the Russian Armed Forces, LtGen Tretiak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 27th November the NATO Defense College (NDC) inaugurated the Military Conference on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nato-russia-council.info\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NATO-Russia Council web site\">NATO-Russia Council<\/a> Cooperation Issues, attended by a delegation from the General Staff Military Academy of the Russian Armed Forces (GSMA), NATO officials, researchers and journalists from NATO countries. This select group was made up of 40 high-level <a class='photo' href='\/images\/121NRC_Conf_4b_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Participants in the Military Conference on NATO Russia Council Cooperation Issues 2012 arrive at the NDC.\">participants<\/a>, representing a total of 15 nations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Russian delegation, led by GSMA Commandant Lieutenant General Andrei Vytalievich Tretiak (RUS-A),  was escorted on arrival by a Guard of Honour from the Carabinieri Corps and given a warm welcome by NDC Commandant Lieutenant General Arne B\u00e5rd Dalhaug (NOR-A). During a brief <a class='photo' href='\/images\/121NRC_Conf_2a_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Office call: (left to right) Russian GSMA Commandant LtGen Tretiak, NDC Commandant LtGen Dalhaug, NDC Dean Dr Hooker, interpreter Ms Kullmann.\">meeting<\/a> in LtGen Dalhaug\u2019s office, the GSMA Commandant also had the opportunity to meet NDC Dean Dr Richard Hooker (USA-C).<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The delegation from the Russian Federation was then accompanied on a guided tour of the NDC premises, and introduced to the College\u2019s history, mission, courses and related activities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Following these introductory activities, Conference proceedings began with the opening remarks of both the <a class='photo' href='\/images\/121NRC_Conf_6_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" LtGen Dalhaug's opening remarks to participants in the Military Conference on NATO Russia Council Co-operation Issues 2012.\">NDC Commandant<\/a> and the <a class='photo' href='\/images\/121NRC_Conf_7_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"LtGen Tretiak briefs participants in his introductory address.\">GSMA Commandant<\/a>. The inaugural lecture, entitled \u201cThe Russian Perspective on Providing Strategic Stability\u201d, was then given by Dr Sergei Chekinov, Head of the Strategic Research Institute of the Russian Federation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Dr Chekinov\u2019s lecture afforded participants a cogent and lucid insight into the Russian definition of strategic stability, and of how this is envisaged. Particular emphasis was placed on the political guidelines which currently underpin the process of threat assessment by the Russian Federation, as well on the importance given by Russia to the rule of international law. Extremely thought-provoking, the lecture provided an ideal prelude to a challenging Q&#038;A session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The explicit aim of these high-level conferences is to exchange views \u201con mutual strategic security issues, in order to broaden military-to-military cooperation with an emphasis on discussing the potential for practical cooperation\u201d. They thus offer a fundamental contribution to the mission and effectiveness of the NATO-Russia Council. Given the NDC\u2019s role as NATO\u2019s premier academic institution, its substantial contribution to the success of this event is commensurate with the Alliance\u2019s close attention to the importance of NATO-Russia relations.<\/p>\n<p><em>LtCol. Alberto Alletto, Chief Public Affairs and Protocol Officer, ITA-A<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDC Commandant LtGen Dalhaug (left) welcomes the Commandant of the General Staff Military Academy of the Russian Armed<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-11406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 14 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 28, 2012","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 28, 2012 14:40","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:01"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11406"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}