The NATO Summit in Brussels ( Eng. 2018 Brussels summit ) is the 29th summit of the heads of state and government of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance , which took place on July 11-12, 2018 in Brussels at the new NATO headquarters [1] [ 2] .
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| the date of the | July 11 - 12, 2018 | ||
| A place carrying out |  Brussels , Belgium | ||
| Members | 29 Alliance member countries | ||
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This is the first NATO summit for Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez .
Agenda
On the first day of the summit, US President Donald Trump was in the spotlight. He not only called Germany “a country dependent on Russia”, publicly rebuking Angela Merkel for the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, but also set a new standard for the entire alliance, urging NATO countries to increase annual defense spending to 4% of GDP [3] .
On the second day of the summit, NATO leaders, under pressure from the US president, made the final decision to increase funding for the military sphere by $ 33 billion, raising their contributions to the Alliance’s total budget to 2% of their national defense budgets [4] . In addition, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg once again announced his desire to see Ukraine and Georgia as part of the North Atlantic Alliance [5] .
Member Countries
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Heads of invited delegations
- Armenia - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan [6]
- Finland - President Sauli Niinistö [7]
- Georgia - President George Margvelashvili
- Ukraine - President Petro Poroshenko [8]
Notes
- ↑ NATO Secretary General announces dates for 2018 Brussels Summit . nato.int (October 20, 2017).
- ↑ Trump Plans July Trip to Brussels for NATO Summit, Officials Say . bloomberg.com (June 6, 2018). Date of treatment July 9, 2018.
- ↑ What happened on the first day of the NATO summit in Brussels Gazeta.ru, July 11, 2018
- ↑ Trump has achieved his goal : the results of the second day of the NATO summit 24tv.ua news channel, July 12, 2018
- ↑ Dilemma of the NATO summit: for Ukraine, but against the isolation of Russia Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine, July 11, 2018
- ↑ Sputnik. The Prime Minister of Armenia will visit Brussels . ru.armeniasputnik.am. Date of appeal July 15, 2018.
- ↑ Presidentti Niinistö Naton huippukokoukseen heinäkuussa . Yle Uutiset (June 27, 2018). Date of treatment July 9, 2018.
- ↑ Ukraine to Take Part in NATO Summit Despite Hungarian Objection . voanews.com (July 4, 2018).