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
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
- ^ "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.
