The 2022 Brussels summit was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of NATO held in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 March 2022.[1] The meeting took place in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
On the day, NATO hosted meetings of G7 leaders.[2][3] Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended by video conference and addressed the summit.[4][5][6] Zelenskyy requested NATO states provide Ukraine with military equipment including aircraft, tanks, and armoured vehicles.[4] He also called for NATO to establish a no-fly zone to prevent air and missile attacks in Ukraine.[4] At the summit, some NATO states pledged to increase military spending.[7]
At the summit, leaders also agreed to extend the term of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for another year until September 2023.[8]
Following the summit, the leaders released a joint statement condemning Russian attacks on civilians and calling on Russia to immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine as had been ordered by the International Court of Justice a week earlier.[9]
Member states leaders and other dignitaries in attendance
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
Japan – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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
Ukraine – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (video address)
United Kingdom – Prime Minister Boris Johnson
United States – President Joe Biden
NATO – Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
European Union - Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
References
- ^ "Extraordinary NATO Summit". NATO. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "NATO hosts meeting of G7 Leaders". NATO. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "NATO hosts meeting of G7 Leaders (revised)". NATO. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Brewster, Murray (24 March 2022). "Ukrainian president presses NATO for more support as alliance meets in Brussels". CBC News. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "NATO, G7, EU hold crisis meetings as Russia-Ukraine war grinds on". Aljazeera. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Zelenskyy claims new Russian war crimes, asks for help as Biden joins NATO partners for emergency summit on Ukraine war". CBS News. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Brewster, Murray (31 March 2022). "Canada's defence spending fell behind NATO's forecast last year, alliance says". CBC News. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ NATO. "North Atlantic Council extends mandate of the Secretary General". NATO. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Statement by NATO Heads of State and Government". NATO. Brussels. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
