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{{Short description|Summit meeting comprising heads of state and heads of government of NATO member countries}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
[[File:OTAN Summit 2025 I June 25, 2025 (54611893207).jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[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)|summit meeting]] that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for [[Head of state|heads of state]] and [[Head of government|heads of government]] of [[NATO]] member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance activities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nato.int/issues/summits/index.html |title=NATO Summit Meetings |website=NATO.int |publisher=NATO |access-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004140412/http://www.nato.int/issues/summits/index.html |archive-date=4 October 2006}}</ref>

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: 
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*{{flag|Albania}}
*{{flag|Belgium}}
*{{flag|Bulgaria}}
*{{flag|Canada}}
*{{flag|Croatia}}
*{{flag|Czech Republic}}
*{{flag|Denmark}}
*{{flag|Estonia}}
*{{flag|Finland}}
*{{flag|France}}
*{{flag|Germany}}
*{{flag|Greece}}
*{{flag|Hungary}} 
*{{flag|Iceland}}
*{{flag|Italy}}
*{{flag|Latvia}}
*{{flag|Lithuania}}
*{{flag|Luxembourg}}
*{{flag|Montenegro}}
*{{flag|Netherlands}}
*{{flag|North Macedonia}}
*{{flag|Norway}}
*{{flag|Poland}}
*{{flag|Portugal}}
*{{flag|Romania}}
*{{flag|Slovakia}}
*{{flag|Slovenia}}
*{{flag|Spain}} 
*{{flag|Sweden}}
*{{flag|Turkey}}
*{{flag|United Kingdom}}
*{{flag|United States}}
}}

The following lists non-NATO states and organisations currently participating:
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*{{flag|Armenia}}
*{{flag|Australia}}
*{{flag|Austria}}
*{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
*{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
*{{flag|Cyprus}}
*{{flag|European Union}}
*{{flag|Georgia}}
*{{flag|Ireland}}
*{{flag|Japan}}
*{{flag|Jordan}}
*{{flag|Malta}}
*{{flag|Moldova}}
*{{flag|New Zealand}}
*{{flag|Philippines}}
*{{flag|Singapore}}
*{{flag|South Korea}}
*{{flag|Switzerland}}
*{{flag|Thailand}}
*{{flag|Ukraine}}
}}

==List of NATO summits==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ NATO summits<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_50115.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403072908/http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_50115.htm |archive-date=3 April 2009 |title=NATO Summit Meetings |website=NATO.int |publisher=NATO |date=4 October 2011 |access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref>
|-
!Year !! Date !! Country !! City !! Host leader
|-
! scope="row" | [[1957 Paris NATO summit|1957]]
|| 16–19 December || {{Flagicon image|Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg}} [[France]] || [[Paris]] || President [[René Coty]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1974 Brussels NATO summit|1974]]
|| 26 June || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Prime Minister [[Leo Tindemans]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1975 Brussels NATO summit|1975]]
|| 29–30 May || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Prime Minister [[Leo Tindemans]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1977 London NATO summit|1977]]
|| 10–11 May || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || [[London]] || Prime Minister [[James Callaghan]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1978 Washington NATO summit|1978]]
|| 30–31 May || {{flag|United States}} || [[Washington, D.C.]] || President [[Jimmy Carter]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1982 Bonn NATO summit|1982]]
|| 10 June || {{flag|West Germany}} || [[Bonn]] || Chancellor [[Helmut Schmidt]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1985 Brussels NATO summit|1985]]
|| 21 November || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Prime Minister [[Wilfried Martens]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1988 Brussels NATO summit|1988]]
|| 2–3 March || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Prime Minister [[Wilfried Martens]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{ill|May 1989 Brussels NATO summit|pl|Szczyt NATO w Brukseli 1989 (maj)|lt=1989}}
|| 29–30 May<ref name= "NATO summit">{{Cite web |last=NATO |title=NATO summits |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_50115.htm |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=NATO |language=en}}</ref> || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Prime Minister [[Wilfried Martens]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[December 1989 Brussels NATO summit|1989]] 
|| 4 December || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Prime Minister [[Wilfried Martens]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1990 London NATO summit|1990]]
|| 5–6 July || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || [[London]] || Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] 
|-
! scope="row" | [[1991 Rome NATO summit|1991]]
|| 7–8 November || {{Symbol|Flag of Italy (1946–2003).svg|24|border}} [[Italy]] || [[Rome]] || Prime Minister [[Giulio Andreotti]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1994 Brussels NATO summit|1994]]
|| 10–11 January || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Prime Minister [[Jean-Luc Dehaene]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{ill|1997 Paris NATO summit|pl|Szczyt NATO w Paryżu 1997|lt=1997}}
|| 27 May<ref name="NATO summit" /> || {{Flagicon image|Flag of France (lighter variant).svg}} [[France]]|| [[Paris]] || President [[Jacques Chirac]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1997 Madrid NATO summit|1997]]
||8–9 July || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Madrid]] || Prime Minister [[José María Aznar]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1999 Washington NATO summit|1999]]
|| 23–25 April || {{flag|United States}} || [[Washington, D.C.]] || President [[Bill Clinton]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Prague NATO summit|2002]]
|| 21–22 November || {{flag|Czech Republic}} || [[Prague]] || Prime Minister [[Vladimír Špidla]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2004 Istanbul NATO summit|2004]]
|| 28–29 June || {{flag|Turkey}}|| [[Istanbul]] || Prime Minister [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2005 Brussels NATO summit|2005]]
|| 22 February || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Prime Minister [[Guy Verhofstadt]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2006 Riga NATO summit|2006]]
|| 28–29 November || {{flag|Latvia}} || [[Riga]] || Prime Minister [[Aigars Kalvītis]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Bucharest NATO summit|2008]]
|| 2–4 April || {{flag|Romania}} || [[Bucharest]] || President [[Traian Băsescu]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2009 Strasbourg–Kehl NATO summit|2009]]
|| 3–4 April ||  {{Flagicon image|Flag of France (lighter variant).svg}} [[France]]<br>{{flag|Germany}} || [[Strasbourg]]<br>[[Kehl]] || President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]<br>[[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2010 Lisbon NATO summit|2010]]
|| 19–20 November || {{flag|Portugal}}|| [[Lisbon]] || Prime Minister [[José Sócrates]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2012 Chicago NATO summit|2012]]
|| 20–21 May || {{flag|United States}} || [[Chicago]] || President [[Barack Obama]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2014 Wales NATO summit|2014]]
|| 4–5 September || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] and [[Cardiff]] || Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2016 Warsaw NATO summit|2016]]
|| 8–9 July || {{flag|Poland}}|| [[Warsaw]] || President [[Andrzej Duda]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2018 Brussels NATO summit|2018]]
|| 11–12 July || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2021 Brussels NATO summit|2021]] 
|| 14 June || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] || Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2022 Madrid NATO summit|2022]] 
|| 29–30 June || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Madrid]] || Prime Minister [[Pedro Sánchez]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2023 Vilnius NATO summit|2023]] 
|| 11–12 July || {{flag|Lithuania}} || [[Vilnius]] || President [[Gitanas Nausėda]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2024 Washington NATO summit|2024]] 
|| 9–11 July || {{flag|United States}} || [[Washington, D.C.]] || President [[Joe Biden]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2025 The Hague NATO summit|2025]]
|| 24–25 June || {{flag|Netherlands}} || [[The Hague]] || Prime Minister [[Dick Schoof]] 
|-
! scope="row" | 2026
| July || {{flag|Turkey}} || [[Ankara]] || President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] 
|-
! scope="row" | 2027 
| {{TBA|{{Abbr|TBD|To be determined}}}} || {{flag|Albania}} || [[Tirana]] || Prime Minister [[Edi Rama]]
|}

=== Extraordinary summits and meetings ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Date !! Country !! City !! Type !! Context !! Host leader
|-
![[2001 NATO special meeting|2001]]
|13 June
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|[[Brussels]]
|Special meeting<ref>{{cite web |title=NATO Meetings - 13 June 2001 |url=https://www.nato.int/docu/comm/2001/0106-hq/010613-hq.htm |website=www.nato.int |access-date=31 May 2025}}</ref>
| Formalisation of "[[Enlargement of NATO|Membership Action Plans]]" 
|Secretary General [[George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen|George Robertson]]
|-
![[2002 Rome NATO–Russia summit|2002]]
|28 May
|{{Symbol|Flag of Italy (1946–2003).svg|24|border}} [[Italy]]
|[[Rome]]
|NATO–Russia summit<ref>{{cite web |title=NATO-Russia Council (NRC) |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_50091.htm |website=NATO |access-date=31 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
| Upgrading of [[Russia–NATO relations]] to [[Russia–NATO relations#NATO-Russia_Permanent_Joint_Council|NATO–Russia Permanent Joint Council]].
|Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]]
|-
![[2015 NATO emergency meeting|2015]]
|28 July
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|[[Brussels]]
|Special meeting<ref>{{cite web |title=NATO expresses strong solidarity with Turkey at special meeting of the North Atlantic Council |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_121939.htm |website=NATO |access-date=31 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
|Activation of Article 4 by Turkey following the [[Suruç bombing]].
|Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2017 Brussels NATO summit|2017]]
|| 25 May || {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Brussels]] ||
||
|| Prime Minister [[Charles Michel]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2019 London NATO summit|2019]]
|| 3–4 December || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || [[Watford]] || || || Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]]
|-
![[2022 virtual extraordinary NATO summit|2022]]
|25 February
| colspan="2" {{N/a|''Virtual summit''}}
|Extraordinary summit<ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary virtual summit of NATO Heads of State and Government - Brussels, 25 February 2022 |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_192464.htm |website=NATO |access-date=31 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
|Activation of Article 4 by 8 Eastern European states following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].
|Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]]
|-
![[2022 Brussels extraordinary NATO summit|2022]]
|24 March
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|[[Brussels]]
|Extraordinary summit<ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary NATO Summit - Brussels, 24 March 2022 |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_193325.htm |website=NATO |access-date=31 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
|Russian invasion of Ukraine
|Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]]
|}

== See also ==  
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* [[EU summit]]
* [[Group of Seven#List of summits|G7 summit]]

== References ==
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