2016 Warsaw summit

Agenda

Poland

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.
• 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.
• 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 to cope with the European migrant crisis and 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.

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Leaders and other dignitaries in attendance

Member states

Non-member states and organisations

• Afghanistan – President Ashraf Ghani
• Armenia – President Serzh Sargsyan
• Australia – Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO Mark Higgie
• Austria – Minister for Defence and Sports Hans Peter Doskozil
• Azerbaijan – President Ilham Aliyev
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović
• European Union – President of the European Council Donald Tusk
• European Union – President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker
• Finland – President Sauli Niinistö
• Georgia – President Giorgi Margvelashvili
• Ireland – Minister of State for Defence Paul Kehoe
• Jordan – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs Nasser Judeh
• Macedonia – Minister of Defence Zoran Jolevski
• Republic of Moldova – Minister of Defence Anatol Șalaru
• Montenegro – Prime Minister Milo Đukanović
• Sweden – Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
• Switzerland – Minister of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports Guy Parmelin
• Ukraine – President Petro Poroshenko
• United Arab Emirates – Minister of State for Defence Affairs Mohammed Ahmad Al Bowardi