2016 Warsaw summit

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NATO Summit Warsaw 2016
2016 Warsaw Summit
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Logo of the Warsaw Summit
Host countryPoland
Date8–9 July 2016
Venue(s) National Stadium [1] [2]
Cities Warsaw
Precedes 2017 Brussels summit
Website http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_132023.htm/
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The 2016 NATO summit was held at the National Stadium in Warsaw

The 2016 Warsaw Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was the 26th formal summit of the heads of state and heads of government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, held at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, on 8 and 9 July 2016. [3] [4]

Contents

Agenda

Poland

Polish president Andrzej Duda announced in August 2015 that NATO bases in Central Europe were a priority for the Warsaw Summit, and wanted for Poland to be included in the Normandy Format talks. Members of NATO on its eastern flank, who in November 2015 convened into a group called the Bucharest Nine, felt threatened by a revanchist Russia, and he said he will raise the issue with Angela Merkel, who had "previously blocked efforts to place NATO troops in central and eastern Europe, saying it might strain relations with Russia." [5]

Outcomes

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One of 16 NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft that will monitor ISIL activities from Turkish and international airspace
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At an altitude of 30,000 feet a single E-3A has over 312,000 km2 in its field of view and can continuously survey airspace within a radius of more than 400 km

Future summits

Normally NATO summits take place every two years, but after the Warsaw summit it was announced that the next alliance summit (27th) would take place in 2017 in Brussels to inaugurate the new €1 billion NATO headquarters building. [13]

The next major summit (27th) took place in Brussels in 2017. [14]

Leaders and other dignitaries in attendance

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Countries in attendance
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Country leaders, family photo
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NATO Defence Ministers gather at the 2016 Warsaw summit in Poland
Key
Non-NATO member
Country or
organization
Head of DelegationTitleRef.
Flag of NATO.svg  NATO Jens Stoltenberg Secretary General
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan [a] Ashraf Ghani President [15]
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Edi Rama Prime Minister
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia [a] Serzh Sargsyan President [16]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [a] Mark Higgie Ambassador [17]
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria [a] Hans Peter Doskozil Defence Minister [18]
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan [a] Ilham Aliyev President [19]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Charles Michel Prime Minister
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev President
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina [a] Bakir Izetbegović Chairman of the Presidency [20]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Justin Trudeau Prime Minister
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Miloš Zeman President
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen Prime Minister
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Taavi Rõivas Prime Minister
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union [a] Donald Tusk Council President [21]
Jean-Claude Juncker Commission President [21]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [a] Sauli Niinistö President [22]
Flag of France.svg  France François Hollande President
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia [a] Giorgi Margvelashvili President
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Angela Merkel Chancellor
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Alexis Tsipras Prime Minister
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Viktor Orbán Prime Minister
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Prime Minister
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland [a] Paul Kehoe Defence Minister [23]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Matteo Renzi Prime Minister
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan [a] Nasser Judeh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister [24] [25]
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Raimonds Vējonis President
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė President
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Xavier Bettel Prime Minister
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia [a] Zoran Jolevski Defence Minister [26]
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova [a] Anatol Șalaru Defence Minister
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro [a] Milo Đukanović Prime Minister [27]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Mark Rutte Prime Minister
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Erna Solberg Prime Minister
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Andrzej Duda (host) President
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal António Costa Prime Minister
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Klaus Iohannis President
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Andrej Kiska President
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Miro Cerar Prime Minister
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Mariano Rajoy Prime Minister
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [a] Stefan Löfven Prime Minister [22]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland [a] Guy Parmelin Defence Minister [28]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [a] Petro Poroshenko President [29]
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates [a] Mohammed Ahmad Al Bowardi Defence Minister [30]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom David Cameron Prime Minister
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Barack Obama President

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Jordan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates were not member states of NATO but were invited to attend and participate in the summit. The presidents of the European Council and European Commission were also invited,

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