NATO summit

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A NATO summit is a summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for Heads of State and Heads of Government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance activities.[1] NATO summits are not regular meetings like the more frequent NATO ministerial meetings, but rather important junctures in the Alliance’s decision-making process on the highest level. Summits are often used to introduce new policy, invite new members into the Alliance, launch major new initiatives and build partnerships with non-NATO countries.

[edit] List of NATO summits

From the founding of NATO in 1949 until today there have been twenty-three NATO summits. The last summit meeting to date was the 2008 Bucharest Summit in April 2008. Only the traditional summits have received an official number, thereby excluding the exceptional summits of 1997, 2001 and 2002.

Summit Date Host country Summary / Highlights
1 1957 Paris Summit December 16 - December 19, 1957 Flag of France Paris, France
2 1974 Brussels Summit June 26, 1974 Flag of Belgium Brussels, Belgium
3 1975 Brussels Summit May 29 - May 30, 1975 Flag of Belgium Brussels, Belgium
4 1977 London Summit May 10 - May 11, 1977 Flag of the United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
5 1978 Washington Summit May 30 - May 31, 1978 Flag of the United States Washington, D.C., United States
6 1982 Bonn Summit June 10, 1982 Flag of West Germany Bonn, West Germany
7 1985 Brussels Summit November 21, 1985 Flag of Belgium Brussels, Belgium
8 1988 Brussels Summit March 2 - March 3, 1988 Flag of Belgium Brussels, Belgium
9 1989 Brussels Summit May 29 - May 30, 1989 Flag of Belgium Brussels, Belgium
10 1989 Brussels Summit December 4, 1989 Flag of Belgium Brussels, Belgium
11 1990 London Summit July 5 - July 6, 1990 Flag of the United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
12 1991 Rome Summit November 7 - November 8, 1991 Flag of Italy Rome, Italy
13 1994 Brussels Summit January 10 - January 11, 1994 Flag of Belgium Brussels, Belgium
1997 Paris Summit May 27, 1997 Flag of France Paris, France
14 1997 Madrid Summit July 8 - July 9, 1997 Flag of Spain Madrid, Spain
15 1999 Washington summit April 23 - April 25, 1999 Flag of the United States Washington, D.C., United States
2001 NATO Headquarters summit April 23 - April 25, 2001 Flag of Belgium NATO headquarters, Belgium
2002 Rome summit May 28, 2002 Flag of Italy Rome, Italy
16 2002 Prague summit November 21 - November 22, 2002 Flag of the Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
17 2004 Istanbul summit June 28 - June 29, 2004 Flag of Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
18 2005 NATO Headquarters summit February 22, 2005 Flag of Belgium NATO headquarters, Belgium
19 2006 Riga summit November 28 - November 29, 2006 Flag of Latvia Riga, Latvia
20 2008 Bucharest summit April 2 - April 4, 2008 Flag of Romania Bucharest, Romania Croatia and Albania were invited to join the alliance. Macedonia was not invited due to its ongoing naming dispute with Greece. Decision to review Georgia's and Ukraine's request to join the NATO Membership Action Plan in December 2008.

Source: NATO, Summits & Ministerial Meetings, http://www.nato.int/docu/comm.htm

[edit] References

  1. ^ NATO, NATO Summit Meetings, December 4, 2006, [1]

[edit] See also


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Paris 1957 · Brussels 1974 · Brussels 1975 · London 1977 · Washington, D.C. 1978 · Bonn 1982 · Brussels 1985 · Brussels 1988 · Brussels May 1989 · Brussels December 1989 · London 1990 · Rome 1991 · Brussels 1994 · Paris May 1997 · Madrid July 1997 · Washington, D.C. 1999 · NATO Headquarters 2001 · Rome May 2002 · Prague November 2002 · Istanbul 2004 · NATO Headquarters 2005 · Riga 2006 · Bucharest 2008
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