The 2002 Prague Summit was a NATO summit where the heads of state and government of the NATO member states met. Seven states were at this summit invited to begin accession talks with NATO: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. NATO's post-cold War Open Door Policy was also reafirmed at this meeting. A NATO Response Force was considered and planned at this moment, a force which would be officially declared ready at the 2006 Riga Summit. Spheres of influence in China prior to the Open Door Policy. ... The NATO Response Force (NRF) is a coherent, high readiness, joint, multinational force package of approximately 17,000 troops that is technologically advanced, flexible, deployable, interoperable and sustainable. Its role is to act as a stand alone military force that can be rapidly deployed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation...
NATO summits
1957 Paris Summit • 1974 Brussels Summit • 1975 Brussels Summit • 1977 London Summit • 1978 Washington Summit • 1982 Bonn Summit • 1985 Brussels Summit • 1988 Brussels Summit • 1989 Brussels Summit (May) • 1989 Brussels Summit (Dec.) • 1990 London Summit • 1991 Rome Summit • 1994 Brussels Summit • 1997 Paris Summit • 1997 Madrid Summit • 1999 Washington Summit • 2001 NATO Headquarters Summit • 2002 Rome Summit (May) • 2002 Prague Summit (Nov.) • 2004 Istanbul Summit • 2005 Nato Headquarters Summit • 2006 Riga Summit
Source: "Summits & Ministerial Meetings" in the NATO online library, retrieved on March 2 2007 Image File history File links Flag_of_NATO.svg The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). ... The 2006 NATO Summit was the 19th Summit of NATO. It was expected to focus on NATOâs transformation, taking stock of what has been accomplished and charting the way ahead for the Alliance. ...