2022 Madrid summit

The 2022 Madrid summit is a planned future meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of NATO member countries to be held in Madrid, Spain, on 29–30 June 2022.[1]

NATO Summit Madrid 2022
2022 Madrid Summit
Host countrySpain
Date29–30 June 2022
CitiesMadrid, Spain
Follows2022 Brussels extraordinary summit
Precedes2023 Vilnius summit (planned)
Websitewww.nato.int

Background

On 8 October 2021, following a meeting with NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced the celebration of the ordinary summit in Madrid in 2022, a date otherwise underscoring the 40th anniversary of Spain's NATO membership.[2] NATO disclosed the summit's logo on 29 March 2022.[3] The meeting is scheduled to occur several months after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4][5]

Agenda

Next Strategic Concept

NATO's next "Strategic Concept", the 10-year blueprint underpinning the alliance's security challenges in the evolving global landscape and outlining the NATO political and military tasks set to adress them, will be adopted at the summit, thereby replacing the strategic concept adopted at the 2010 Lisbon summit.[6][7][8]

Potential enlargement
Further information: Enlargement of NATO
  Finland and Sweden
  NATO

Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and a subsequent increase in public support, Finland and Sweden may apply for NATO membership before the summit.[9][10]

Venue

The summit will be held at the pavilions 9 and 10 of the IFEMA fairgrounds.[11] Over 25,000 police agents are expected to be deployed in the city.[11] The celebration of the Madrid's LGBT Pride was postponed one week due to the summit.[11]

See also

References
  1. "NATO Secretary General visits Spain to prepare Madrid Summit". NATO.int. NATO. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. "Sánchez anuncia que Madrid acogerá la cumbre de la OTAN el 29 y 30 de junio de 2022". Europa Press. 8 October 2021.
  3. "El escudo de España y los colores rojo y amarillo, protagonistas del logo de la Cumbre de la OTAN en Madrid". Europa Press.
  4. "NATO chief says more troops likely for eastern flank, warns Russia against 'nuclear sabre rattling'". CBC News. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. Henley, Jon (11 April 2022). "Sweden and Finland make moves to join Nato". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  6. "NATO Allies agree to further strengthen and sustain support for Ukraine". NATO. 7 April 2022.
  7. Caracuel Raya, María Angustias (9 April 2022). "Madrid NATO Summit. Towards a more pragmatic and decisive Strategic Concept" (PDF). Revista Española de Defensa. Madrid: Ministerio de Defensa (9): 32–35. ISSN 2695-6284.
  8. "NATO 2022 Strategic Concept". NATO.int. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  9. "Finland to clarify next steps on possible NATO entry within weeks". reuters.com. 7 April 2022.
  10. Jozwiak, Rikard (14 April 2022). "Analysis: Finland And Sweden's Steady March Toward NATO". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  11. Durán, Luis F. "La cumbre de la OTAN blinda Madrid: 25.000 policías, plan de seguridad aéreo, cortes de tráfico y carriles exclusivos a Ifema para las delegaciones diplomáticas". El Mundo.
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