The 1977 London summit was the 4th
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 ...
bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
took place on 10–11 May 1977.
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This event was only the fifth meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the
North Atlantic Treaty
The North Atlantic Treaty, also referred to as the Washington Treaty, is the treaty that forms the legal basis of, and is implemented by, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 194 ...
on 4 April 1949.
[Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997)]
''The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination,'' p. 101.
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Background
In this period, the organization faced unresolved questions concerned whether a new generation of leaders would be as committed to NATO as their predecessors had been.
See also
* EU summit
This is a list of meetings of the European Council (informally referred to as EU summits); the meetings of the European Council, an institution of the European Union (EU) comprising heads of state or government of EU member states. They start ...
* G8 summit
The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014. It had formed from incorporating Russia into the Group of Seven, or G7, and returned to its previous name after Russia left in 2014.
The forum originated ...
Notes
References
* Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997)
''The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination.''
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ;
External links
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