NATO summit

Summit meeting comprising heads of state and heads of government of NATO member countries

2025 The Hague summit of NATO, formal meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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.

## Participating countries

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The following lists current NATO member states:

* Albania
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* United States

The following lists non-NATO states and organisations currently participating:

* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Cyprus
* European Union
* Georgia
* Ireland
* Japan
* Jordan
* Malta
* Moldova
* New Zealand
* Philippines
* Singapore
* South Korea
*  Switzerland
* Thailand
* Ukraine

## List of NATO summits

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NATO summits[2] Year | Date | Country | City | Host leader

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1957 | 16–19 December |  France | Paris | President René Coty
1974 | 26 June |  Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Leo Tindemans
1975 | 29–30 May |  Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Leo Tindemans
1977 | 10–11 May |  United Kingdom | London | Prime Minister James Callaghan
1978 | 30–31 May |  United States | Washington, D.C. | President Jimmy Carter
1982 | 10 June |  West Germany | Bonn | Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
1985 | 21 November |  Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
1988 | 2–3 March |  Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
1989 [pl] | 29–30 May[3] |  Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
1989 | 4 December |  Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
1990 | 5–6 July |  United Kingdom | London | Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
1991 | 7–8 November |  Italy | Rome | Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti
1994 | 10–11 January |  Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene
1997 [pl] | 27 May[3] |  France | Paris | President Jacques Chirac
1997 | 8–9 July |  Spain | Madrid | Prime Minister José María Aznar
1999 | 23–25 April |  United States | Washington, D.C. | President Bill Clinton
2002 | 21–22 November |  Czech Republic | Prague | Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla
2004 | 28–29 June |  Turkey | Istanbul | Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2005 | 22 February |  Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
2006 | 28–29 November |  Latvia | Riga | Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis
2008 | 2–4 April |  Romania | Bucharest | President Traian Băsescu
2009 | 3–4 April |  France
Germany | Strasbourg
Kehl | President Nicolas Sarkozy
Chancellor Angela Merkel
2010 | 19–20 November |  Portugal | Lisbon | Prime Minister José Sócrates
2012 | 20–21 May |  United States | Chicago | President Barack Obama
2014 | 4–5 September |  United Kingdom | Newport and Cardiff | Prime Minister David Cameron
2016 | 8–9 July |  Poland | Warsaw | President Andrzej Duda
2018 | 11–12 July |  Belgium | Brussels | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
2021 | 14 June |  Belgium | Brussels | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
2022 | 29–30 June |  Spain | Madrid | Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
2023 | 11–12 July |  Lithuania | Vilnius | President Gitanas Nausėda
2024 | 9–11 July |  United States | Washington, D.C. | President Joe Biden
2025 | 24–25 June |  Netherlands | The Hague | Prime Minister Dick Schoof
2026  | July |  Turkey | Ankara | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2027  | TBD |  Albania | Tirana | Prime Minister Edi Rama

### Extraordinary summits and meetings

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Year | Date | Country | City | Type | Context | Host leader

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2001 | 13 June  |  Belgium | Brussels | Special meeting[4] | Formalisation of "Membership Action Plans"  | Secretary General George Robertson
2002 | 28 May  |  Italy | Rome | NATO–Russia summit[5] | Upgrading of Russia–NATO relations to NATO–Russia Permanent Joint Council.  | Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
2015 | 28 July  |  Belgium | Brussels | Special meeting[6] | Activation of Article 4 by Turkey following the Suruç bombing.  | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
2017 | 25 May |  Belgium | Brussels |  |  | Prime Minister Charles Michel
2019 | 3–4 December |  United Kingdom | Watford |  |  | Prime Minister Boris Johnson
2022 | 25 February  | Virtual summit | Extraordinary summit[7] | Activation of Article 4 by 8 Eastern European states following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
2022 | 24 March  |  Belgium | Brussels | Extraordinary summit[8] | Russian invasion of Ukraine  | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to NATO summits.

* EU summit
* G7 summit

## References

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1. ^ "NATO Summit Meetings". NATO.int. NATO. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
2. ^ "NATO Summit Meetings". NATO.int. NATO. 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
3. ^ a b NATO. "NATO summits". NATO. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
4. ^ "NATO Meetings - 13 June 2001". www.nato.int. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
5. ^ "NATO-Russia Council (NRC)". NATO. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
6. ^ "NATO expresses strong solidarity with Turkey at special meeting of the North Atlantic Council". NATO. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
7. ^ "Extraordinary virtual summit of NATO Heads of State and Government - Brussels, 25 February 2022". NATO. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
8. ^ "Extraordinary NATO Summit - Brussels, 24 March 2022". NATO. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

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Symbols|

* Animus in consulendo liber
* Flag of NATO
* "The NATO Hymn"
* NATO Day
* NATO Medal
* NATO Star

History|

* North Atlantic Treaty
* Summits
* Operations
* List of exercises
* Enlargement
* potential withdrawal
* Opposition to NATO
* .nato Internet domain

Structure|

* NATO headquarters
* Council
* International Staff
* International Military Staff
* Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
* Air Command
* Land Command
* Maritime Command
* JFC Brunssum
* JFC Naples
* JFC Norfolk
* Joint Support and Enabling Command
* STRIKFORNATO
* SHAPE International Band
* Allied Command Transformation
* Parliamentary Assembly
* Standardization agreement

People|

* Secretary General
* Chair of the Military Committee
* Supreme Allied Commander Europe
* Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

Members|

* Albania
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* United States

Multilateral relations|

* Atlantic Treaty Association
* Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
* Mediterranean Dialogue
* Individual Partnership Action Plan
* Indo-Pacific Four
* Istanbul Cooperation Initiative
* Major non-NATO ally
* NATO global partners
* Open door policy
* Partnership for Peace
* Relationship with Armenia
* Relationship with the European Union
* Relationship with Russia
* eastward NATO expansion issues
* Relationship with Ukraine
* Science for Peace and Security (SPS)

See also|

* Baghdad Pact (METO/CENTO)
* Balkan Pact
* Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
* Suwałki Gap

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1950s|

* 1957 (Paris)

1970s|

* 1974 (Brussels)
* 1975 (Brussels)
* 1977 (London)
* 1978 (Washington, D.C.)

1980s|

* 1982 (Bonn)
* 1985 (Brussels)
* 1988 (Brussels)
* May 1989 (Brussels) [pl]
* December 1989 (Brussels)

1990s|

* 1990 (London)
* 1991 (Rome)
* 1994 (Brussels)
* 1997 (Paris) [pl]
* 1997 (Madrid)
* 1999 (Washington, D.C.)

2000s|

* 2001 (Brussels, NATO HQ summit)
* 2002 (Rome)
* 2002 (Prague)
* 2004 (Istanbul)
* 2005 (Brussels, NATO HQ summit)
* 2006 (Riga)
* 2008 (Bucharest)
* 2009 (Strasbourg–Kehl)

2010s|

* 2010 (Lisbon)
* 2012 (Chicago)
* 2014 (Newport)
* 2016 (Warsaw)
* 2017 (Brussels)
* 2018 (Brussels)
* 2019 (Watford)

2020s|

* 2021 (Brussels)
* 2022 (virtual)
* 2022 (Brussels, extraordinary summit)
* 2022 (Madrid)
* 2023 (Vilnius)
* 2024 (Washington, D.C.)
* 2025 (The Hague)
* 2026 (Ankara) (scheduled)
* 2027 (Albania) (scheduled)

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