The conference will be live-streamed online on the websites of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and here on LSM.
You can see the full running order of the NATO meeting in Rīga here and the agenda for the "NATO's OUTLOOK TOWARDS 2030 AND BEYOND" discussions in the attached PDF.
9:45-9:50 Welcoming address
Andris SPRŪDS, Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Professor at the Faculty
of European Studies of the Riga Stradiņš University
9:50-10:00 Opening speech
Edgars RINKĒVIČS, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia
10:00-10:30 Keynote speech and Q&A session
Jens STOLTENBERG, Secretary General, NATO
10:45–12:00 The new Strategic Concept. How will the transforming security environment
affect NATO’s core tasks?
José Manuel ALBARES, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain
Olta XHACKA, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Albania
Juri LUIK, Estonian ambassador to NATO
12:30-13:45 Panel discussion in cooperation with Riga Security Forum 2021. Addressing emerging threats and challenges. How to enhance NATO’s 360-degree approach?
Think-tank representatives and diplomats
14:30 - 15:45 NATO and partners. Is there a need for a revised NATO’s partnership policy?
Think-tank representatives and diplomats
16:00 - 17:00 Presidents’ panel: NATO - Quo vadis?
Vaira VĪĶE-FREIBERGA, Former President of the Republic of Latvia
Kersti KALJULAID, Former President of the Republic of Estonia
17:00 Closing remarks
Andris SPRŪDS, Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Professor at the Faculty
of European Studies of the Riga Stradiņš University
