Defence procurement news! The German Bundestag Budget Committee has approved 5⃣ procurement projects:. ✅Prototypes for a new mortar system.✅Additional future infantry soldier systems.✅A new Tactical Wide Area Network Land-Based Operations radio relay system ⬇️.

✅Remote-controlled light weapon stations.✅Launchers and ammunition for shoulder-fired antitank weapons (Wirkmittel 90 and Panzerfaust 3). Find out more here (article in 🇩🇪):

RT @Bundeskanzler: Friends, partners, close allies - for more economic growth and security in Europe.

Federal President #Steinmeier: "With the death of Horst Köhler, we have lost a highly valued and extremely popular person who achieved great things for our country and in the world." . Germany mourns the death of Horst Köhler, who served as Federal President from 2004 to 2010.

RT @OTAN_FR: En mode week-end ✅ . Dans le ciel de Trollenhagen 🇩🇪, des parachutistes allemands s’entraînent au saut en chute libre. https:/….

Germany has launched an information platform to speed up military construction projects. This will make it possible for a Land to provide support for projects Germany-wide and not only in its own region. In this way, the Länder will be able to do more to support the #Bundeswehr.

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The German Embassy in Bogotá hosted its first event as the new #NATO Contact Point Embassy for Colombia 🇨🇴. Ambassador Martina Klumpp spoke about how both the Alliance and Colombia benefit from their partnership. 1/2

@EmbAlemaniaCOL One aim is to improve military interoperability & consolidate the peace process in 🇨🇴. For its part, 🇨🇴 shares its expertise in fields like mine-clearance. In 2019, its International Demining Centre (CIDES) joined the network of NATO Partnership Training & Education Centres. 2/2.

The #NATO Annual Meeting of Ambassadors and Special Envoys for Women, Peace and Security, Gender Equality and Feminist Foreign Policy is taking place today. 🇩🇪Germany is represented by its Feminist Foreign Policy Ambassador & Director for #HumanRights @GeBraeutigam. @NATOWPS 1/3

In 🇩🇪, more and more women are interested in a career in the #Bundeswehr. The number of applications rose significantly for both military & civilian roles last year, with 8,200 applications (2023: 7,200) for the military and 88,300 applications on the civilian side (2023:72,000).

As the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 approaches, the participants will discuss ways to advance and implement the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in #NATO and beyond, including ways to achieve gender equality in the armed forces. 2/3.

Many thanks to Ambassador @AstritZemaj for an informative exchange of views with Quint #NATO delegations at the 🇩🇪 Residence this morning!.

A few days prior to parliamentary elections in 🇽🇰, the Quint stressed the importance of @NATO_KFOR & #NALT for stability in Kosovo & the region and confirmed support for the Kosovo Trans-Atlantic trajectory.

The Bundestag voted by a large majority today in favour of a law that will improve remuneration and working conditions for the #Bundeswehr, including for soldiers and civilians serving in the German brigade to be permanently stationed in #Lithuania. 🇩🇪💪🇱🇹 1/3

@Lithuanian_MoD Read more here (article in German): Photo of Defence Minister Pistorius with soldiers from the German brigade in Lithuania on 22 January 2025: picture alliance/dpa - Kay Nietfeld. 3/3.

"We are making deployment to the #Bundeswehr brigade in #Lithuania far more attractive,” Defence Minister Boris #Pistorius said. “In this way, we are doing more to reward the service of the soldiers who are strengthening #NATO’s eastern flank.” 2/3.

The German Bundestag has approved the extension of four #Bundeswehr operations abroad, including #NATO's Operation #SeaGuardian in the Mediterranean which supports situational awareness and combats maritime terrorism. Up to 550 🇩🇪 soldiers can be deployed to this operation. 1/4

Read more here about Operation Sea Guardian, #NATO’s maritime security operation in the Mediterranean since November 2016. 4/4.

Read more here about #Bundeswehr operations around the world. 3/4.

The Bundestag also extended the #Bundeswehr mandates for EUNAVFOR Aspides in the Red Sea (up to 700 🇩🇪 soldiers), UNMISS in South Sudan (up to 50 🇩🇪 soldiers) and EUNAVFOR Med Irini in the Mediterranean (up to 300 🇩🇪 soldiers). 2/4.