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2024 Washington summit of the 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]

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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

The following lists current NATO member states:

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

List of NATO summits

From the founding of NATO in 1949, there have been a total of thirty-three NATO summits. Only the traditional summits have received an official number, thereby excluding the exceptional summits of 2001 and 2022 in NATO headquarters in Brussels. [2]

The last NATO summit took place in Washington, D.C., United States from 9 to 11 July 2024.

NATO Summits
YearDatesCountryCityHost leader
1957 16–19 DecemberFlag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974, 2020-present).svg France Paris President René Coty
1974 26 JuneFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Prime Minister Leo Tindemans
1975 29–30 MayFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Prime Minister Leo Tindemans
1977 10–11 MayFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom London Prime Minister James Callaghan
1978 30–31 MayFlag of the United States.svg  United States Washington, D.C. President Jimmy Carter
1982 10 JuneFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Bonn Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
1985 21 NovemberFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
1988 2–3 MarchFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
1989 [3] 29–30 MayFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
1989 4 DecemberFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
1990 5–6 JulyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom London Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
1991 7–8 November Flag of Italy (1946-2003).svg Italy Rome Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti
1994 10–11 JanuaryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene
1997 [3] 27 MayFlag of France (lighter variant).svg France Paris President Jacques Chirac
1997 8–9 JulyFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid Prime Minister José María Aznar
1999 23–25 AprilFlag of the United States.svg  United States Washington, D.C. President Bill Clinton
2001 13 JuneFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Secretary General George Robertson
2002 28 May Flag of Italy (1946-2003).svg Italy Rome Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
2002 21–22 NovemberFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Prague Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla
2004 28–29 JuneFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Istanbul Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2005 22 FebruaryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
2006 28–29 NovemberFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Riga Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis
2008 2–4 AprilFlag of Romania.svg  Romania Bucharest President Traian Băsescu
2009 3–4 AprilFlag of France (lighter variant).svg France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Strasbourg
Kehl
President Nicolas Sarkozy
Chancellor Angela Merkel
2010 19–20 NovemberFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lisbon Prime Minister José Sócrates
2012 20–21 MayFlag of the United States.svg  United States Chicago President Barack Obama
2014 4–5 SeptemberFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Newport and Cardiff Prime Minister David Cameron
2016 8–9 JulyFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Warsaw President Andrzej Duda
2017 25 MayFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Prime Minister Charles Michel
2018 11–12 JulyFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
2019 3–4 DecemberFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Watford Prime Minister Boris Johnson
2021 14 JuneFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
2022 25 FebruaryVirtual summitVirtual summit Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
2022 24 MarchFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
2022 29–30 JuneFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
2023 11–12 JulyFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Vilnius President Gitanas Nausėda
2024 9–11 JulyFlag of the United States.svg  United States Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden
2025 24–26 JuneFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The Hague Prime Minister Dick Schoof
2026TBDFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TBD President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2027TBDFlag of Albania.svg  Albania TBD Prime Minister

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