BRUSSELS – Since the coronavirus started spreading through Europe over a year ago, NATO's headquarters in Brussels has been off-limits to the media and others, but the military alliance now aims to get ahead of Belgium's vaccine program and have its staff guaranteed to be “virus-free” for a summit in June.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his NATO counterparts are meeting Tuesday in person at the 30-country organization’s headquarters to prepare the summit of national leaders, including President Joe Biden.
It’s the first face-to-face meeting of ministers at NATO since 2019. The European Union, in contrast, called off an in-person summit in Brussels as virus cases spike and will now meet this week by videoconference.