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3⃣0⃣ Allies. One Alliance. One family.
🇦🇱🇧🇪🇧🇬🇨🇦🇨🇿🇭🇷🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇭🇺🇮🇸🇮🇹🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇪🇳🇱🇲🇰🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇸🇰🇸🇮🇪🇸🇹🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸
#WeAreNATO
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Good Morning Friends & Allies! ☀️
Big day today at the
#NATO
HQ. Stay tuned throughout the day for the latest updates on the extraordinary
#NATOSummit
.
Program here:
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🔵 As an iconic landmark of
#NATO
HQ hometown Brussels, Manneken Pis also dressed up to celebrate the 74th year anniversary of the Washington Treaty! Our ambassador, with ASG
@DavidCattler
, were there for the reveal, celebrating
#NATODay
.
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👀 I spy with my little eye… a clear blue sky and an Alliance that is all prepped to welcome its newest member 🇫🇮
Finland will officially join NATO tomorrow during a ceremony at the HQ 👏 Excited for this historic day!
#WeAreNATO
#StrongerTogether
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👏🏻 Happy 72nd birthday to
@NATO
🥳
On April 4th 1949 the North Atlantic Treaty was signed by 12 Allies 🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇷🇮🇸🇮🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸
Now we’re a family of 30 🇦🇱🇧🇪🇧🇬🇨🇦🇨🇿🇭🇷🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇭🇺🇮🇸🇮🇹🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇪🇳🇱🇲🇰🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇸🇰🇸🇮🇪🇸🇹🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸
#WeAreNATO
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🎉 More to celebrate today!
On the Belgian National Day, Belgium has completed the ratification procedure for the accession of Finland 🇫🇮 and Sweden 🇸🇪 to
@NATO
. One step closer to officially welcoming two new members to the Alliance!
#StrongerTogether
#WeAreNATO
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Congratulations to Finland on this historic day ! 🇫🇮 🤝
Yesterday, Türkiye completed the ratification of
#Finland
's accession.
Belgium is also looking forward to see our friend
#Sweden
joining to Alliance as soon as possible.
#WeAreNATO
#StrongerTogether
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🇧🇪 Minister of Foreign Affairs
@Sophie_Wilmes
arrived at
@NATO
HQ this morning for the extraordinary
#ForMin
.
Right now, Allied ministers are discussing the Russian invasion of
#Ukraine
with partners 🇸🇪, 🇫🇮 and 🇪🇺.
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At the NATO
#ForMin
, 🇺🇦 MFA
@DmytroKuleba
addressed his NATO counterparts.
Allies expressed their solidarity & deep respect for the courage of the Ukrainian people & armed forces.
We call on President Putin to stop this war immediately & engage in genuine diplomacy, now.
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🗣 Meet the new 🇧🇪Ambassador
@BelgiumNATO
, Ms Ariadne Petridis ! Prior to her current position, she served at the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU. Earlier diplomatic postings include Rome, Paris and New York.
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The day has finally come ✈️
Today, Allies made their way to Madrid for a historic
#NATOSummit
. Thank you
@EjercitoAire
for the good company along the way! 🇪🇸
#WeAreNATO
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Merry Christmas 🎅 and a Happy New Year 🥳 from all of us at the 🇧🇪 delegation
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NATO and its partners stand together 🤝
During the NATO
#ForMin
, Allies agreed to further strengthen support to Ukraine 🇺🇦, to support other regional partners like Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇬🇪🇧🇦, and to step up cooperation with partners in the Asia-Pacific.
#WeAreNATO
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On 4 April 1949, 🇧🇪 together with eleven other countries founded
#NATO
.
🤝 Today we are an Alliance of 30 Allies strong, guarding the freedom and security of its member states across the Euro-Atlantic area 🤝
Happy
#NATODay
!
#WeAreNATO
#StrongerTogether
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The end of a successful weekend in Berlin 🇩🇪📸 During their first ever meeting of this kind,
#NATO
Ministers of Foreign Affairs discussed:
➡️ Further support to
#Ukraine
🇺🇦 in the face of 🇷🇺 aggression
➡️ NATO's next
#StrategicConcept
➡️ 🇫🇮 & 🇸🇪 membership perspectives
#ForMin
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This morning
#NATO
commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
The pieces of the
#BerlinWall
at the entrance of the NATO HQ serve as a symbol of hope and a solemn reminder to never take freedom and democracy for granted.
#mauerfall30
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Day 2⃣ of the NATO Foreign Ministerial! This morning, Allied Ministers will meet with partners 🇺🇦🇬🇪🇸🇪🇫🇮🇦🇺🇳🇿🇯🇵🇰🇷 and 🇪🇺 to discuss Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of
#Ukraine
. 🇺🇦 MFA
@DmytroKuleba
will join them in person.
#ForMin
#StandWithUkraine
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👏🏻 Congratulations Greece 🇬🇷 - 200 years of Independence!
Greece joined
@NATO
in 1952. Next year will mark 70 years of 🇧🇪/ 🇬🇷 relations in NATO!
🇬🇷
#DYI
the blue stripes represent the sea and the white stripes the waves?
#WeAreNATO
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Belgium 🇧🇪 host of
#NATO
and the
#EU
- with
#Brussels
as the second largest diplomatic city in the world!
Joyeuse
#FeteNationale
aux Belges! Fijne
#NationaleFeestdag
aan onze Belgen!
#be2107
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We express our sincere appreciation for the Allied participation in the national military parade on July 21th, stronger together!
#WeAreNATO
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Today all 30
#NATO
Allies signed the accession protocols for 🇫🇮 Finland and 🇸🇪 Sweden. Together, we will be even stronger and safer. NATO’s door remains open for nations wishing to contribute to our common security and defence 🛡
#WeAreNATO
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NATO turns 70 in 11 days! 🎂
#Belgium
was one of the 12 founding members that signed the Washington Treaty on 4 April 1949
🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇷🇮🇸🇮🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸
Other member countries joined
#NATO
in:
1952🇬🇷🇹🇷
1955🇩🇪
1982🇪🇸
1999🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱
2004🇧🇬🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇷🇴🇸🇰🇸🇮
2009🇦🇱🇭🇷
2017🇲🇪
#WeAreNATO
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🎂 Happy
#NATODay
!
75 years ago, the historic Washington Treaty was signed by 12 nations, including by 🇧🇪, creating the NATO alliance.
From 12 founding members, we have grown to 32 Allies, making
@NATO
stronger and safer than ever before.
#1NATO75years
@BelgiumMFA
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Historic moment. 30 flags are raised outside
#NATO
HQ as we welcome
#NorthMacedonia
🇲🇰 as our newest member:
#WeAreNATO
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We are saluting women leading up to
#WomensDay
This is Lt Col An Van Rompay of the 🇧🇪 medical component. As Flight Surgeon she provides curative & ambulatory care to the sick & wounded. Doc Van Rompay participated in
#NATO
missions in Afghanistan, Jordan & Kosovo
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Belgium plans to take part to the
#EnhancedAirPolicingMission
in Ämari 🇪🇪 from September to December 2017
#BalticAirPolicing
@MoD_Estonia
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🌈Today we celebrate:
❤️the freedom to love
🧡human diversity
💛fundamental rights
💚equality.
💙Let’s work 🤝 on eliminating discrimination against diverse sexual orientations or gender identities.
💜Together we can break the silence and shine a light on LGTBIrights.
#IDAHOT
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On the 1⃣1⃣th hour of the 1⃣1⃣th day of the 1⃣1⃣th month we remember those who have died in the line of duty and as victims during the Great War
#Wapenstilstand
#Armistice
#WWI
#PoppyDay
#RemembranceDay2019
#LestWeForget
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1999 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱
2004 🇧🇬🇱🇹🇪🇪🇱🇻🇷🇴🇸🇮🇸🇰
2009 🇦🇱🇭🇷
Congratulations to the 12 Allies celebrating this year landmark anniversaries (20, 15 & 10 years) of joining
#NATO
#StrongerWithAllies
#WeAreNATO
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⚡️ 31
#NATO
Foreign Ministers meet at an important moment for our security.
📸First family picture with 🇫🇮 as a full-fledged member of the Alliance.
#StrongerTogether
#ForMin
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The Schuman Declaration laid the foundation of the ECSC, created by Belgium and 🇫🇷,🇩🇪,🇮🇹,🇱🇺& 🇳🇱,which later became the European Union🇪🇺
Today we celebrate that unity, because unity makes strength.
#EuropeDay
#StrongerTogether
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How it's going... 👇🇸🇪
A historic day at
@NATO
HQ with now 32 flags flying together.
🤝✨Welcome to the family, Sweden!
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🇫🇷 Bonne Fête Nationale à nos amis français! Happy
#BastilleDay
to our neighbour France. 🇧🇪 and 🇫🇷 continue to stand together proudly as Allies. As an example of great cooperation,
@BelgiumDefence
&
@EtatMajorFR
soldiers are currently training together in 🇷🇴.
#14Juillet
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The
#NATOYouthSummit
is about listening to young people's voices on the security issues that matter most to them 📣
Sylwia, one of the 🇧🇪 participants, explains why she is looking forward to the event:
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Thank you for the warm welcome Romania! 🇷🇴 Two F-16’s of the Romanian Air Force escorted the
#NATO
flight on its way to the Foreign Ministerial in Bucharest ✈️
#ForMin
#WeAreNATO
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☃️ Everybody is still talking about yesterday’s first snow of the year in 🇧🇪.
Meanwhile in 🇳🇴
#ColdResponse20
.
🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇸🇪
10 nations & +15k service members are participating in the Norway-led exercise
#ColdResponse
2020 - to execute joint maritime operations demonstrating and improving capabilities in an extreme cold weather/ice environment.
#WeAreNATO
@Forsvaret_no
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GIRL POWER
@NATO
!💪 Yesterday, our 🇧🇪Ambassador Petridis hosted a dinner for NATO Permreps, PermReps of partner countries, women ASGs and the SecGen’s Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security.
#WeAreNATO
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🎥NATO HQ being turned into a movie set for the filming of a video on the Alliance's 7⃣0⃣th anniversary
🙏Thanks to colleagues from the 🇧🇪 Delegation for showing your acting skills
🎬Stay tuned to see the final result in a couple of weeks
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Two weeks ago,
#US
military equipment arrived in the port of
#Antwerp
. This equipment will be further deployed in Eastern Europe as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, which aims to ensure peace and stability on the Eastern flank of
#NATO
.
#WeAreNATO
#PortofAntwerp
/ Pics
@NATO
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A different kind of
#BlueMonday
...
#NATO
releases its logo marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Alliance. Stay tuned for more celebratory events leading up to 4 April 2019 🥳
#NATOat70
#WeAreNATO
#WashingtonTreaty
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🤝 On her 2nd day at
#NATO
, Ambassador Petridis met with Secretary General
@jensstoltenberg
.
🛡 Belgium proudly stands with its Allies. Together we will continue to safeguard a free, strong and safe Europe & North America
#WeAreNATO
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Twelve Allies founded
#NATO
in 1949. Today we are 29.
Join us in celebrating the 70th Anniversary of our Alliance.
#WeAreNATO
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Today on
#BelgianNationalDay
🇧🇪 we are especially grateful to all the women and men in uniform
🙏 Thanks for keeping us safe!
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Belgian military vehicles departing to
#Lithuania
today in the framework of enhanced Forward Presence
#NATO
#BGLTU
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NATO was created to deal with crises, and thus the Alliance is doing its part. This includes ensuring that medical supplies are delivered, stocks or surplus capacity is coordinated and requests for support from Allies and partners are better matched
#WeAreNATO
#StrongerTogether
In response to
#COVID
-19, NATO and Allies are sharing medical supplies, airlifting critical patients and providing other vital support in a time of need.
#WeAreNATO
#coronavirus
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It might be March, but our Belgian weather is famous for its surprises 😃🇧🇪
You do have to admit,
#NATO
HQ covered in snow is a pretty nice view! ❄️
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@NATO
will strengthen exchanges with partner countries, as well as with international and regional organizations that are active on climate change and security issues, including the EU 🇪🇺 and the UN 🇺🇳.
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Happy Thursday from
#NATO
HQ and our two favourite visitors! 🦆
Any suggestions on what we should call them? 🤔
#AnimalsofNATO
#Brusselswildlife
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This November, Belgium participated in
#NATO
exercise Iron Wolf, held in Lithuania 🇱🇹
Check out the footage here:
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🌬 In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow
#RemembranceDay2021
#LestWeForget
11/11 is Armistice Day 🕯 We, at the Belgian delegation to NATO, also commemorate this day by wearing a
#poppy
as ode of Remembrance.
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United in solidarity with our Ally
@USNATO
. Together, we mourn all victims of the terrorist attack at Kabul Airport 🕯🕯🕯
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Standing
#NATO
Mine Countermeasures Group 1 with ships from 🇧🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇴conducting navigation exercises in
#Norway
🇳🇴
@NATO_MARCOM
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🇪🇸 Only a couple more days to go! The
#NATOSummit
in Madrid will be historic. NATO leaders will take key decisions to ensure that we continue to protect our 1 billion people in a changed world. We are
#StrongerTogether
.
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🇷🇴 Romănia organizează reuniunea
#NATO
a miniștrilor de externe.
⬇️ Message from Permanent Representative of Belgium to NATO, Amb. Petridis, ahead of the NATO meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest on 29-30 Nov.
#ForMin
👋 See you soon
#Bucharest
!
@RomaniaNATO
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“We will remember them”
A touching moment at last night’s Last Post ceremony in
#Ieper
as the 🇨🇦 Ambassador to
@NATO
recited the Ode of Remembrance. Together with his 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 colleagues he laid a wreath on behalf of the North Atlantic Council
#LestWeForget
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We want to be a loyal and strong partner for
#NATO
- the new headquarters symbolizes Alliance unity" -
@CharlesMichel
during pre-Summit press conference with
@jensstoltenberg
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Today and tomorrow Ministers are meeting to reaffirm the enduring transatlantic bond between Europe and North America, with NATO at its heart.
#ForMin
Read here the full Ministerial Statement:
#WeAreNATO
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Day 2 of
#NATOSummit
in
#Brussels
Today again we welcome around 1,200 journalists at
#NATO
new headquarters' Media Centre 🖊️🎥
#BehindtheScenes
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Pilots of the 350th (Belgian) Squadron RAF moments before their aerial protection mission of the invasion fleet on D-Day
#Neverforget
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The countdown to
#WomensDay
continues
1SM Thessa Van Neste is Loadmaster and Senior Cabin Crew on 🇧🇪 military flights. She takes care of the loading/unloading, makes calculations, gets staff safely to their foreign and
@NATO
operations, and supports State visits ✈️
#IWD2019
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🖤 Joyeuse Fête Nationale!
💛 Fijne Nationale Feestdag!
❤️ Schönen Nationalfeiertag!
Happy 🇧🇪 National Day to Belgians all around the world. Today we also want to give a big shout-out to our
@BelgiumDefence
Armed Forces, thank you for your service 👏
#be2107
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🔹D-Day of the
#NATOsummit
!
🔹 Allied leaders come together today in Brussels to discuss the future of our Alliance
🔹Flags are waving at Cinquantenaire, Manneke Pis is wearing a NATO suit & Brussels Townhall is lighted up
🔹Press conference of SecGen at 16.15h & 🇧🇪 PM at 18h
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On this day, 🇧🇪remembers the tragic attacks against 🇺🇸 on
#9
/11. Our thoughts go to the victims and their families 🕊️ 22 years later, 🇧🇪continues to take part in the Alliance’s common fight against terrorism.
#WeRemember
#NeverForget911
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Sincere thanks to our 29 Allies who stand in solidarity with 🇧🇪 today and those that provided support.
#WeAreNATO
Flags at half-mast
@NATO
to express solidarity with our Host Nation on the National Day of Mourning in the wake of last week’s floods.
@ItalianAirForce
, together with
@DPCgov
@emergenzavvf
@LDO_Helicopters
has been part of the international response to help 🇧🇪.
#Allies
#WeAreNATO
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6 June, 1944. Allied troops landed on the shores of
#Normandy
, marking the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe. We remember and honour those who bravely fought and gave their lives for our freedom. May we never take that freedom for granted.
#DDay
#LestWeForget
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“NATO is here to stay. In today’s uncertain world we need NATO and Belgium needs NATO”
Keynote speech by Minister of Home Affairs and Security, Mr Pieter De Crem at the
#NATO
at 70 Conference in Brussels
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🔍 Time to test your knowledge of the Alliance!
🟦 Do you know what the blue of the
#NATO
flag stands for?
The Northern sky
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Trust and responsibility
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The Atlantic Ocean
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Eyes of SG Stoltenberg
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Our little friend Mr
#Smurf
is travelling the world 🌎 to see the most stunning destinations and monuments
Happy that he made a quick stop at the
#NATO
HQ today to say hello to our Allies!
#ILikeBelgium
#SmurfDiplomacy
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Counting down: 1⃣ week to go to the 7⃣0⃣th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty
In 1949, 🇧🇪 was represented by Foreign Affairs Minister Paul-Henri Spaak
In 2019, 🇧🇪 will be represented by Foreign Affairs Minister Didier Reynders and the
@BelgiumMFA
team
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👑Today His Majesty the King is celebrating his 60th birthday !
🎂We are so proud to share this very special moment of His Majesty’s twenty-first birthday celebration at the Royal Military Academy Brussels (118 Promotion, 1981).
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Day 1⃣ of the NATO
#DefMin
!
👉Ministers of Defence of all 30 Allies are currently discussing European security, including
#Russia
&
#Ukraine
.
👉Up next on the agenda are burden-sharing, resourcing and NATO's 2022
#StrategicConcept
.
#NATO
#WeAreNATO
#StrongerTogether
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🇧🇪 Happy
#BelgianNationalDay
!
🇧🇪 Bonne
#fetenationale
!
🇧🇪 Prettige
#NationaleFeestdag
!
🥳 Programme of Belgium's National Day celebrations on 21 July:
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Happy birthday to NATO Secretary General
@jensstoltenberg
from all of us at the Belgian delegation 🥳🎂🥂
Enjoy the celebrations with a delicious (chocolate)cake or a couple of 🇧🇪 beers! Cheers!
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