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On 20 March, François Bausch, Minister of Defence, and Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, attended the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Brussels.

On 16 March 2023, the Minister of Mobility and Public Works, François Bausch, was invited to participate in the conference Advancing the Active Mobility Fund organised by the World Resources Institute.

As part of his working visit to Washington, François Bausch, Minister for Mobility and Public Works, met with US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for a bilateral meeting.

On 14 March 2023, François Bausch, in his capacity as Minister of Defence, had a bilateral meeting in the Pentagon with Dr. Colin Kahl, Under Secretary of Defence for Policy of the U.S. Department of Defence.

The Minister of Defence François Bausch attended the informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Stockholm on 7-8 March 2023.

At a key moment for Euro-Atlantic security, Minister of Defence, François Bausch, took part in the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting at Defence Minister level, which took place in Brussels on 14 and 15 February.

On 15 February, the Minister of Defence, François Bausch, signed a Letter of Intent concerning the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS).

In their new report "Resilient and Robust: Climate-Proofing the Military for Increased Military Effectiveness", funded by Luxembourg's Directorate of Defence, experts of the The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies have studied a number of dual-use climate proof technologies helping armed forces to become more resilient against the impacts of climate change and more robust in terms of military effec

On 25 and 26 April 2023, Minister of Defence, François Bausch, will host the Luxembourg Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS 2023) conference. This international public conference aims to raise public awareness on the topic and offer all stakeholders a platform to discuss the risks and challenges associated with the use of autonomous weapons systems (AWS).

On 18 and 19 January 2023, the Minister of Defence, François Bausch, made a working visit to Cabo Verde.

Luxembourg and the United States have established a Global Commercially Contracted Satellite Communications Support Partnership (GCC SATCOM SP), opening a new era of Space cooperation within NATO.

On 17 October 2022, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, François Bausch and Virgin Orbit signed a Letter of Intent that will begin the process towards developing responsive space capabilities inclusive of mobile launch infrastructure that would be based in Luxembourg, but available for NATO partners, and other Allies across the European continent.

On Thursday 13 October, Ludivine Dedonder, Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium, and François Bausch, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, signed a Declaration of Intent concerning the location of the bi-national reconnaissance battalion.

On 11 October 2022, at the invitation of Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, François Bausch, participated as a speaker in the Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC).

On 4 October 2022, Minister of Defence, François Bausch, participated in the ninth edition of the Warsaw Security Forum. François Bausch was invited as a speaker at two panel discussions and he had a bilateral meeting with Hanno Pevkur, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia.