The 2016 Warsaw Summit of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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(NATO) was the 27th formal meeting of the
heads of state
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and
heads of government
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of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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, held at the
National Stadium
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in
Warsaw
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, Poland, on 8 and 9 July 2016.
Agenda
Poland
Polish president
Andrzej Duda
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announced in August 2015 that NATO bases in Central Europe were a priority for the Warsaw Summit.
Outcomes
* Strengthening the alliance's military presence in the east, with four battalions in Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on a rotational basis – to be in place by 2017. This became known as
NATO Enhanced Forward Presence
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.
* Allies declared Initial Operational Capability of NATO's Ballistic Missile Defence to counter threats posed by Iran and further afield, North Korea, to the European continent.
* Pledge to strengthen individual nations' and collective cyber defences, and recognise cyberspace as a new operational domain.
* Commitment to improve member state resilience.
* Start training and capacity building inside Iraq.
* NATO
Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS surveillance planes to provide information and intelligence to the
Global Coalition to counter ISIL from Turkish and international airspace.
* Agreed to an expanded maritime presence in the
Mediterranean Sea
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to cope with the
European migrant crisis
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and human trafficking.
* Continue the
Resolute Support Mission
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in Afghanistan beyond 2016, confirmed funding commitments for Afghan forces until 2020.
*
NATO-Ukraine Commission reviewed the security situation in Ukraine, endorsed government plans for reform, agreed a
Comprehensive Assistance Package for Ukraine.
*
NATO Secretary General
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signed a Joint Declaration with the
Presidents of the European Council
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and the
European Commission
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to take partnership between NATO and the
European Union
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to a higher level. Declaration sets out areas where NATO and the EU will step up cooperation – including maritime security and countering hybrid threats posed by a more aggressive Russia.
Future summits
Normally NATO summits take place every two years, but after the Warsaw summit it was announced that the
next alliance summit (28th) would take place in 2017 in
Brussels
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to inaugurate the new €1 billion NATO headquarters building.
The next major summit (28th) took place in
Brussels
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in 2017.
Leaders and other dignitaries in attendance
Member states
Non-member states and organisations
* Afghanistan – President
Ashraf Ghani
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* Armenia – President
Serzh Sargsyan
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* Australia –
Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO Mark Higgie
* Austria –
Minister for Defence and Sports Hans Peter Doskozil
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* Azerbaijan – President
Ilham Aliyev
* Bosnia and Herzegovina –
Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović
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*
European Union
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–
President of the European Council Donald Tusk
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European Union
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President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker
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* Finland – President
Sauli Niinistö
* Georgia – President
Giorgi Margvelashvili
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* Ireland –
Minister of State for Defence
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Paul Kehoe
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* Jordan –
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs Nasser Judeh
* Macedonia –
Minister of Defence
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Zoran Jolevski
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* Republic of Moldova –
Minister of Defence
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Anatol Șalaru
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* Montenegro – Prime Minister
Milo Đukanović
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* Sweden – Prime Minister
Stefan Löfven
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* Switzerland –
Minister of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports Guy Parmelin
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* Ukraine – President
Petro Poroshenko
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* United Arab Emirates –
Minister of State for Defence Affairs Mohammed Ahmad Al Bowardi
See also
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Article 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty
References
Further reading
New Polish President Makes NATO Bases in Central Europe a Priority for Warsaw SummitNATO: The Enduring Alliance 2016. Twenty Vital Defence Planning and Related Questions the NATO Warsaw Summit Should Address
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