2022 virtual extraordinary NATO summit
| NATO Extraordinary Summit Virtual 2022 2022 NATO virtual summit | |
|---|---|
| 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 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 | edit source]- File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania – Prime Minister Edi Rama
Belgium – Prime Minister Alexander De Croo
Bulgaria – President Rumen Radev- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Croatia – President Zoran Milanović
Czech Republic – Prime Minister Petr Fiala
Denmark – Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen- File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia – Prime Minister Kaja Kallas
France – President Emmanuel Macron
Germany – Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Greece – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Hungary – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán- File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland – Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy – Prime Minister Mario Draghi
- File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia – President Egils Levits
- File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania – President Gitanas Nausėda
- File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg – Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
- File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro – President Milo Đukanović
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands – Prime Minister Mark Rutte
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia – Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski
Norway – Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre- File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland – President Andrzej Duda
- File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal – Prime Minister António Costa
- File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania – President Klaus Iohannis
- File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia – President Zuzana Čaputová
- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia – Prime Minister Janez Janša
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain – Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States – President Joe Biden
- File:Flag of NATO.svg NATO – Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
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