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.
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
Current NATO member states:
The non-NATO states and organisations currently participating:
List of NATO summits + NATO summitsYear Date Country City Host leader 1957 16–19 December France Paris President René Coty 1974 26 June Brussels Prime Minister Leo Tindemans 1975 29–30 May Brussels Prime Minister Leo Tindemans 1977 10–11 May London Prime Minister James Callaghan 1978 30–31 May Washington, D.C. President Jimmy Carter 1982 10 June Bonn Chancellor Helmut Schmidt 1985 21 November Brussels Prime Minister Wilfried Martens 1988 2–3 March Brussels Prime Minister Wilfried Martens 29–30 May Brussels Prime Minister Wilfried Martens 1989 4 December Brussels Prime Minister Wilfried Martens 1990 5–6 July London Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 1991 7–8 November Italy Rome Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti 1994 10–11 January Brussels Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene 27 May France Paris President Jacques Chirac 19978–9 July Madrid Prime Minister José María Aznar 1999 23–25 April Washington, D.C. President Bill Clinton 2002 21–22 November Prague Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla 2004 28–29 June Istanbul Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 2005 22 February Brussels Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt 2006 28–29 November Riga Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis 2008 2–4 April Bucharest President Traian Băsescu 2009 3–4 April France StrasbourgKehl President Nicolas SarkozyChancellor Angela Merkel 2010 19–20 November Lisbon Prime Minister José Sócrates 2012 20–21 May Chicago President Barack Obama 2014 4–5 September Newport and Cardiff Prime Minister David Cameron 2016 8–9 July Warsaw President Andrzej Duda 2018 11–12 July Brussels Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg 2021 14 June Brussels Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg 2022 29–30 June Madrid Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez 2023 11–12 July Vilnius President Gitanas Nausėda 2024 9–11 July Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden 2025 24–25 June The Hague Prime Minister Dick Schoof 2026 7–8 July Ankara President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 2027 Tirana Prime Minister Edi Rama
Extraordinary summits and meetings Year Date Country City Type Context Host leader200113 JuneBrusselsSpecial meeting Formalisation of "Membership Action Plans" Secretary General George Robertson200228 May ItalyRomeNATO–Russia summit Upgrading of Russia–NATO relations to NATO–Russia Permanent Joint Council.Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi201528 JulyBrusselsSpecial meetingActivation of Article 4 by Turkey following the Suruç bombing.Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg 2017 25 May Brussels Prime Minister Charles Michel 2019 3–4 December Watford Prime Minister Boris Johnson202225 February colspan="2" Extraordinary summitActivation of Article 4 by eight Eastern European states following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg202224 MarchBrusselsExtraordinary summitRussian invasion of UkraineSecretary General Jens Stoltenberg
See also
EU summit G7 summit
References