2016 Warsaw summit
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National Stadium in Warsaw
The 2016 Warsaw Summit of the
Agenda
Poland
Polish president Andrzej Duda announced in August 2015 that NATO bases in Central Europe were a priority for the Warsaw Summit, and wanted for Poland to be included in the Normandy Format talks. Members of NATO on its eastern flank, who in November 2015 convened into a group called the Bucharest Nine, felt threatened by a revanchist Russia, and he said he will raise the issue with Angela Merkel, who had "previously blocked efforts to place NATO troops in central and eastern Europe, saying it might strain relations with Russia."[5]
Outcomes
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At an altitude of 30,000 feet a single E-3A has over 312,000 km2 in its field of view and can continuously survey airspace within a radius of more than 400 km
- 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.
- 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.[6]
- Pledge to strengthen individual nations' and collective cyber defences, and recognise cyberspace as a new operational domain.
- Commitment to improve member state resilience.[7]
- Start training and capacity building inside Iraq.
- NATO Global Coalition to counter ISIL from Turkish and international airspace.[8]
- Agreed to an expanded maritime presence in the European migrant crisisand human trafficking.
- Continue the Resolute Support Mission 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 signed a Joint Declaration with the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission to take partnership between NATO and the European Union 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.[9][10][11][12]
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 to inaugurate the new €1 billion NATO headquarters building.[13]
The next major summit (28th) took place in Brussels in 2017.[14]
Leaders and other dignitaries in attendance
Jens Stoltenberg held his first NATO summit as 
NATO – Secretary General.
Member states
Albania – Prime Minister Edi Rama
Belgium – Prime Minister Charles Michel
Bulgaria – President Rosen Plevneliev
Canada – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Croatia – President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Czech Republic – President Miloš Zeman
Denmark – Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Estonia – Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas
France – President François Hollande
Germany – Chancellor Angela Merkel
Greece – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Hungary – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
Iceland – Prime Minister Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Italy – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi
Latvia – President Raimonds Vējonis
Lithuania – President Dalia Grybauskaitė
Luxembourg – Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Netherlands – Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Norway – Prime Minister Erna Solberg
Poland – President Andrzej Duda
Portugal – Prime Minister António Costa
Romania – President Klaus Iohannis
Slovakia – President Andrej Kiska
Slovenia – Prime Minister Miro Cerar
Spain – Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
Turkey – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
United Kingdom – Prime Minister David Cameron
United States – President Barack Obama
Non-member states and organisations
Afghanistan – President Ashraf Ghani[15]
Armenia – President Serzh Sargsyan[16]- Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO Mark Higgie[17]
- Minister for Defence and Sports Hans Peter Doskozil[18]
Azerbaijan – President Ilham Aliyev[19]- Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović[20]
European Union – President of the European Council Donald Tusk[21]- European Union – President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker[21]
Finland – President Sauli Niinistö[22]
Georgia – President Giorgi Margvelashvili[23]
Ireland – Minister of State for Defence Paul Kehoe[24]
Jordan – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs Nasser Judeh[25][26]- Minister of Defence Zoran Jolevski[27]
Republic of Moldova – Minister of Defence Anatol Șalaru
Montenegro – Prime Minister Milo Đukanović[28]
Sweden – Prime Minister Stefan Löfven[22]- Minister of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports Guy Parmelin[29]
Ukraine – President Petro Poroshenko[30]
United Arab Emirates – Minister of State for Defence Affairs Mohammed Ahmad Al Bowardi[31]
See also
References
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Further reading
- New Polish President Makes NATO Bases in Central Europe a Priority for Warsaw Summit
- NATO: The Enduring Alliance 2016. Twenty Vital Defence Planning and Related Questions the NATO Warsaw Summit Should Address