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The Prime Minister, Luc Frieden, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the NATO Summit 2024, held in Washington from 9 to 11 July 2024, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Alliance.

On the occasion of the international Eurosatory exhibition for land and air defence and security, where Luxembourg has a national pavilion, the third edition of the "Luxembourg Industry and Research Capabilities for Security & Defence" catalogue was unveiled. This publication was produced by Luxinnovation, in collaboration with the Directorate of Defence.

On 13 and 14 June 202, the Minister of Defence, Yuriko Backes, took part in the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels. The meeting focused on preparations for the forthcoming NATO summit in Washington from 9 to 11 July 2024, as well as continued military support for Ukraine.

At the invitation of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, HRH the Grand Duke and Prime Minister Luc Frieden travelled to Omaha Beach on 6 June 2024 to take part in the international ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy.

On 4 June 2024, the Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes was received by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

On 20 May 2024, Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes took part in the virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG), at the invitation of US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, and the Minister of Defence, Yuriko Backes, took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the Council of the EU, which was held on 22 April 2024 in Luxembourg.

On 19 April 2024, Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes took part in a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, held via videoconference at the level of defence ministers, to discuss the operational and strategic situation on the ground and the support provided by the Allies to Ukraine in exercising its right to self-defence.

At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.

At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.

At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.

On 3 April 2024, the second meeting of the IT Coalition Steering Group took place in Luxembourg, gathering representatives from ten participating nations, seven observer nations, the EU and NATO.

On 26 March 2024, Minister of Defence, Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Yuriko Backes, together with NSPA General Manager, Stacy Cummings, led the groundbreaking ceremony to inaugurate the construction of two administrative buildings for the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) headquarters in Capellen.

Following a DDoS (distributed denial of service) cyber attack aimed at preventing access to several Luxembourg websites, a crisis unit was convened in the afternoon, chaired by the Minister for Digitalisation, Stéphanie Obertin.

Since the morning of 21 March 2024, several government websites have been the target of a cyber DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. A DDOS attack consists of saturating the computer resources of targets.