2022 NATO virtual summit
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Host country | Virtual Summit |
Date | 25 February 2022 |
Follows | 2021 Brussels summit |
Precedes | 2022 Brussels extraordinary summit |
Website | www |
The 2022 NATO virtual summit was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of NATO held virtually, on 25 February 2022.[1] The meeting took place at the request of the Latvian and Estonian governments, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which had begun a day earlier.[2] The request was pursuant to Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which requires consultations when "the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened."[2]
At the summit, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that the alliance would be deploying extra land, sea and air units to member states in Eastern Europe from the NATO Response Force.[2][3] This was the first time the response force had been deployed for collective defence.[3][4]
Leaders of Member States participating in the videoconference
[edit]- Albania – Prime Minister Edi Rama
- Belgium – Prime Minister Alexander De Croo
- Bulgaria – President Rumen Radev
- Canada – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- Croatia – President Zoran Milanović
- Czech Republic – Prime Minister Petr Fiala
- Denmark – Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
- Estonia – Prime Minister Kaja Kallas
- France – President Emmanuel Macron
- Germany – Chancellor Olaf Scholz
- Greece – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
- Hungary – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
- Iceland – Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir
- Italy – Prime Minister Mario Draghi
- Latvia – President Egils Levits
- Lithuania – President Gitanas Nausėda
- Luxembourg – Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
- Montenegro – President Milo Đukanović
- Netherlands – Prime Minister Mark Rutte
- North Macedonia – Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski
- Norway – Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
- Poland – President Andrzej Duda
- Portugal – Prime Minister António Costa
- Romania – President Klaus Iohannis
- Slovakia – President Zuzana Čaputová
- Slovenia – Prime Minister Janez Janša
- Spain – Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
- Turkey – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- United Kingdom – Prime Minister Boris Johnson
- United States – President Joe Biden
- NATO – Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
References
[edit]- ^ "Extraordinary virtual summit of NATO Heads of State and Government". NATO. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ a b c Brewster, Murray (25 February 2022). "NATO sending part of response force to shore up European allies threatened by invasion of Ukraine". CBC News. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg following the extraordinary virtual summit of NATO Heads of State and Government". NATO. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "NATO deploys response force for first time in 'context of collective defense' of Ukraine: Stoltenberg". National Post. Reuters. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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