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Dutch prime Minister Mark Rutte welcomes NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of a working dinner for NATO Heads of State and Government, part of the preparations for the upcoming Summit in Vilnius. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receives NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg for talks in Istanbul. The trip comes as pressure builds on Erdogan to drop his opposition to Sweden joining NATO. Stoltenberg on Thursday said he would soon visit Ankara to work towards Sweden joining "as early as possible". IMAGES
At a press conference in Brussels, the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance's Director General Jens Stoltenberg says there is "no indication" that a missile which struck a Polish village near the Ukrainian border "was the result of a deliberate attack" after Kyiv accused Russia of being behind the explosion, adding that NATO had no indication that Russia was "preparing offensive military actions" against the US-led defence alliance. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says that Russian forces continue to ready for a potential attack on Ukraine after Moscow recognised two separatist regions as independent. SOUNDBITE
Leaders shake hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the last day of the annual NATO summit in Watford. IMAGES