# NATO summit

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

The following lists current NATO member states:
* Albania
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* United States
The following lists non-NATO states and organisations currently participating:
* Afghanistan (Former)
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Cyprus
* European Union
* Georgia
* Ireland
* Japan
* Jordan
* Malta
* Moldova
* New Zealand
* Philippines
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Switzerland
* Thailand
* Ukraine

## 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.
The last NATO summit took place in Washington, D.C., United States from 9 to 11 July 2024.
NATO Summits :
| Year | Dates | Country | City | Host leader |
| 1957 | 16–19 December | France | Paris | President René Coty |
| 1974 | 26 June | Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Leo Tindemans |
| 1975 | 29–30 May | Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Leo Tindemans |
| 1977 | 10–11 May | United Kingdom | London | Prime Minister James Callaghan |
| 1978 | 30–31 May | United States | Washington, D.C. | President Jimmy Carter |
| 1982 | 10 June | West Germany | Bonn | Chancellor Helmut Schmidt |
| 1985 | 21 November | Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Wilfried Martens |
| 1988 | 2–3 March | Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Wilfried Martens |
| 1989 | 29–30 May | Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Wilfried Martens |
| 1989 | 4 December | Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Wilfried Martens |
| 1990 | 5–6 July | United Kingdom | London | Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher |
| 1991 | 7–8 November | Italy | Rome | Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti |
| 1994 | 10–11 January | Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene |
| 1997 | 27 May | France | Paris | President Jacques Chirac |
| 1997 | 8–9 July | Spain | Madrid | Prime Minister José María Aznar |
| 1999 | 23–25 April | United States | Washington, D.C. | President Bill Clinton |
| 2001 | 13 June | Belgium | Brussels | Secretary General George Robertson |
| 2002 | 28 May | Italy | Rome | Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi |
| 2002 | 21–22 November | Czech Republic | Prague | Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla |
| 2004 | 28–29 June | Turkey | Istanbul | Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| 2005 | 22 February | Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt |
| 2006 | 28–29 November | Latvia | Riga | Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis |
| 2008 | 2–4 April | Romania | Bucharest | President Traian Băsescu |
| 2009 | 3–4 April | France Germany | Strasbourg Kehl | President Nicolas Sarkozy Chancellor Angela Merkel |
| 2010 | 19–20 November | Portugal | Lisbon | Prime Minister José Sócrates |
| 2012 | 20–21 May | United States | Chicago | President Barack Obama |
| 2014 | 4–5 September | United Kingdom | Newport and Cardiff | Prime Minister David Cameron |
| 2016 | 8–9 July | Poland | Warsaw | President Andrzej Duda |
| 2017 | 25 May | Belgium | Brussels | Prime Minister Charles Michel |
| 2018 | 11–12 July | Belgium | Brussels | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg |
| 2019 | 3–4 December | United Kingdom | Watford | Prime Minister Boris Johnson |
| 2021 | 14 June | Belgium | Brussels | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg |
| 2022 | 25 February | Virtual summit | Virtual summit | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg |
| 2022 | 24 March | Belgium | Brussels | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg |
| 2022 | 29–30 June | Spain | Madrid | Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez |
| 2023 | 11–12 July | Lithuania | Vilnius | President Gitanas Nausėda |
| 2024 | 9–11 July | United States | Washington, D.C. | President Joe Biden |
| 2025 | 24–26 June | Netherlands | The Hague | Prime Minister Dick Schoof |
| 2026 | TBD | Turkey | TBD | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| 2027 | TBD | Albania | TBD | Prime Minister |