Nato Summit Information
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 are 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.
List of NATO summits
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From the founding of NATO in 1949, there have been a total of twenty-four NATO summits; the last of which was the 2010 Lisbon summit held in November 2010. Only the traditional summits have received an official number, thereby excluding the exceptional summits of 1997, 2001 and 2002.[clarification needed]
| Summit | Date | Host country | Summary / Highlights | ||
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| 1 | 1957 Paris summit | December 16–19, 1957 | Paris, France | ||
| 2 | 1974 Brussels summit | June 26, 1974 | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| 3 | 1975 Brussels summit | May 29–30, 1975 | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| 4 | 1977 London summit | May 10–11, 1977 | London, United Kingdom | ||
| 5 | 1978 Washington summit | May 30–31, 1978 | Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 6 | 1982 Bonn summit | June 10, 1982 | Bonn, West Germany | ||
| 7 | 1985 Brussels summit | November 21, 1985 | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| 8 | 1988 Brussels summit | March 2–3, 1988 | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| 9 | 1989 Brussels summit (May) | May 29–30, 1989 | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| 10 | 1989 Brussels summit (December) | December 4, 1989 | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| 11 | 1990 London summit | July 5–6, 1990 | London, United Kingdom | ||
| 12 | 1991 Rome summit | November 7–8, 1991 | Rome, Italy | ||
| 13 | 1994 Brussels summit | January 10–11, 1994 | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| 1997 Paris summit | May 27, 1997 | Paris, France | |||
| 14 | 1997 Madrid summit | July 8–9, 1997 | Madrid, Spain | ||
| 15 | 1999 Washington summit | April 23–25, 1999 | Washington, D.C., United States | Marks the 50th anniversary of NATO. | |
| 2001 NATO Headquarters summit | April 23–25, 2001 | NATO headquarters, Belgium | |||
| 2002 Rome summit | May 28, 2002 | Rome, Italy | |||
| 16 | 2002 Prague summit | November 21–22, 2002 | Prague, Czech Republic | First NATO summit to be held in a former Warsaw Pact country. | |
| 17 | 2004 Istanbul summit | June 28–29, 2004 | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| 18 | 2005 NATO Headquarters summit | February 22, 2005 | NATO headquarters, Belgium | ||
| 19 | 2006 Riga summit | November 28–29, 2006 | Riga, Latvia | First NATO summit to be held in a former Soviet republic. | |
| 20 | 2008 Bucharest summit | April 2–4, 2008 | 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. | |
| 21 | 2009 Strasbourg-Kehl summit | April 3–4, 2009 | Strasbourg, France - Kehl Germany | Marks the 60th anniversary of NATO. | |
| 22 | 2010 Lisbon summit | November 19–20, 2010 | Lisbon, Portugal | [1] [2] |
Source: NATO, Summits & Ministerial Meetings
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