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The 2008 Bucharest Summit or the 20th NATO Summit was a NATO summit organized in Bucharest, Romania on 2–4 April 2008.[1][2] Among other business, Croatia and Albania were invited to join the alliance. Republic of Macedonia was not invited due to its ongoing naming dispute with Greece. Georgia and Ukraine had hoped to join the NATO Membership Action Plan,[3] but the NATO members decided to review their request in December 2008.[4] A NATO summit is a summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for Heads of State and Heads of Government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance activities. ... Nickname: Motto: Patria si Dreptul Meu (My Country and My Right) Location of Bucharest within Romania (in red) Coordinates: , Country County Founded 1459 (first official record) Government  - Mayor Adriean Videanu Area  - City 228 km² (88 sq mi)  - Metro 238 km² (91. ... (Redirected from 2 April) April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... For an in depth analysis of the often confusing terms regarding Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... This article is about the military alliance. ...


The fear that NATO is evolving into a worldwide coalition of the willing, as such increasing polarisation and militarization in international affairs, sparked protests at NATO's HQ in Brussels two weeks before the summit,[5] and in Bucharest.[6] Protesters targetted the renewed determination of NATO to use nuclear weapons[7][8] and NATO's backing of the US anti-missile shield.[9] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with multinational force in Iraq. ... Militarism (military+-ism) is an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a societys security, and thereby claims to be its most important aspect. ... Foreign affairs redirects here. ... For other places with the same name, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. ... Missile defense is a term referring to the ability to intercept missiles in a given context. ...

Contents

Summit agenda

As said by Craig Kennedy in an introduction to the NATO Bucharest summit[10] and from the NATO summit program.[11] Fictional detective character created by Arthur Reed. ...

  • NATO's capability and capacity.
  • The tensions in the Russia-NATO relationship (3 and 4 April).
  • Cyber security.
  • EU-NATO partnership.
  • Energy security.
  • Stability of the Western Balkans.
  • The mission in Afghanistan (2 and 3 April).
  • NATO enlargement (Albania, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia).
  • NATO Action Plan membership (Georgia and Ukraine) (4 April).
  • Moldova's future in NATO.

Host

Romania competed for the organization of this summit with Portugal, which initially was scheduled to host the summit in 2006, but eventually conceded in favor of Latvia, which held the 2006 Riga Summit.[2] Romania received support from the United States, and U.S. Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns said in December 2006 that Romania deserved the honor to hold this event due to its contribution to the Alliance's common effort in the War in Afghanistan and for stability in the Iraq War. Romania has been a member of NATO since March 14, 2004. The 2006 Riga Summit or the 19th NATO Summit was a NATO summit held in Riga, Latvia from November 28 until November 29, 2006. ... Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns The Under Secretary for Political Affairs is the third ranking position in the United States Department of State, after the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary. ... R. Nicholas Burns For other people named Burns, see Burns (disambiguation). ... For other uses of War in Afghanistan, see War in Afghanistan (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Non invitation

Main article: Macedonia naming dispute

An invitation to join the Alliance was not extended to the Republic of Macedonia. Greece had threatened on several occasions to veto the Republic of Macedonia's NATO bid due to the longstanding naming dispute over the latter's name.[12] Athens argues that use of the name "Macedonia" without any qualifiers implies territorial claims on the adjacent Greek region of Macedonia.[9] The summit authorised the Council of NATO Ambassadors to extend an invitation to the republic as soon as it had resolved its dispute with Greece.[13] For an in depth analysis of the often confusing terms regarding Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ...


Despite Washington's wish that the country be invited to join as the Republic of Macedonia pending resolution of the dispute, an invitation was not extended to it after Greece had made its position clear that it would veto such a nomination unless the Republic had made some concessions on the naming issue to match Greece's own.


While under the terms of the Interim Accord, signed between the two parties in 1995, Greece agreed not to block "membership in international, multilateral and regional organizations and institutions" under the name FYROM,[14] it was a foregone conclusion that the country would immediately request recognition by its constitutional name once it gained entry into the organization.[15]


Skopje and the governments that supported its membership bid argued that the country had completed the necessary reforms for membership, and that regional stability would be challenged if it did not join NATO.[16][17] Conversely, Athens was of the opinion that although Skopje rejects territorial claims officially, in practice there have been numerous irredentist provocations by high government officials, schoolbooks, and other governmental publications.[18][19] Irredentism is claiming a right to territories belonging to another state on the grounds of common ethnicity and/or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. ...


NATO-Russia meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin was invited to the summit, and he arrived on the second day (3 April) to participate in bilateral NATO-Russia talks. He opposed the US plans to deploy missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic, which was discussed at the summit. Russia also opposed Georgia and Ukraine's NATO membership bids.[20] Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... This article is about the military alliance. ...


Outcome

Summary of 2 April

  • German Minister of Foreign affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier talked about Ukraine and Georgia and tried not to provoke Russia by doing so, as they are both on Russia's borders and are both former Soviet states.[21] Romanian President Traian Băsescu said Romania's approach to the relationship with Russia was "leave behind the Cold War logic."[22]
  • US President George W. Bush had a meeting at Neptun with Presient Băsescu about visas for one another's countries and working on organising bilateral relationships. President Băsescu claimed Romania deserved to have better relation with the US as it had sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan[23] and had worked with the US.[24][25]
  • NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer opened the 'Securing our future' expedition. The display 'Defence against terrorism' was launched in the same exhibition and there were talks about NATO's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan and making it a success.[26]
  • President Bush strongly supported for Ukraine and Georgia to become NATO action plan members, however he was opposed by Britain, France and Germany. The British judgment is that, although there was full support for both Ukraine and Georgia, the question of when they joined should remain in the balance. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France are of the same mind.[27]
  • President Bush said he is "satisfied with the NATO commitment to Afghanistan". Countries such as France and Romania promised to send more troops to support the NATO mission in Afghanistan.[28]
  • Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen launched a new web-based television channel meant to improve understanding of the Alliance roles, operation and missions at the NATO Summit in Bucharest.[29][30]

Steinmeier and Condoleezza Rice in Berlin Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier (born 5 January 1956 in Detmold, Germany) is a German politician and, since November 22, 2005, Foreign Minister of Germany in the Grand Coalition of Angela Merkel. ... Traian Băsescu (born November 4, 1951) is a Romanian politician and former Merchant Navy officer. ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (right) and Jan Peter Balkenende Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (left) and Colin Powell Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (legally Jakob Gijsbert de Hoop Scheffer) (born April 3, 1948) is a Dutch politician who is the 11th NATO Secretary General. ...   (IPA: ) (born Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954, in Hamburg, Germany), is the Chancellor of Germany. ... Nicolas Sarkozy at Paris, May 2005. ... Anders Fogh Rasmussen , also: (born January 26, 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Denmark (in Danish Statsminister, meaning Minister of State). ...

Summary of 3 April

  • A consensus was reached on Croatia and Albania. They were invited to join the alliance in 2009.[31][32]
  • Republic of Macedonia's NATO bid has not been accepted yet due to the name dispute with Greece. However Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that the invitation will be offered to Skopje authorities "as soon as possible, as soon as a solution will be found".[33] Republic of Macedonia officials expressed their disappointment and argued that the decision would undermine stability in the Balkans.[4] All NATO members agreed in writing that Republic of Macedonia will not be able to join the alliance until it has settled its dispute with Greece.[34]
  • The alliance did not offer a Membership Action Plan to Georgia or Ukraine, largely due to the opposition of Germany and France, but pledged to review the decision in December 2008.[4] Even though Georgia was not offered MAP, it welcomed the decision and said "The decision to accept that we are going forward to an adhesion to NATO was taken and we consider this is a historic success".[35]
  • Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, has confirmed he will send a batallion of troops (around 800) to the East of Afghanistan,[36] in order to ensure Canada could remain in the Kandahar province. Prime Minister Steven Harper was threatening to remove Canada from the combat mission if another 1000 troops were not sent as reinforcements.
  • President Sarkozy also said that France could be reintegrated the NATO military commandment at the next Alliance Summit in 2009, after it left the NATO military commandment in 1966.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro started the NATO intense dialog phase[37] and the alliance is thinking of co-operating with Serbia too.[38]
  • Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation, arrived in Bucharest to participate in Friday's NATO-Russia Council session. President Putin will present to the members of the Alliance Moscow’s point of view regarding the future collaboration in the Council, and the challenges that the contemporary world faces.[39] President Putin attended the summit with a positive attitude and wanted to avoid the disputes relating to recognition of the Kosovo province or the missile shield, and the speech of the Russian President was expected to be moderate.[40]
  • NATO announced its support for territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova.[41][42]

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Summary of 4 April

  • President Putin invited Romanian President Băsescu at dinner to visit Russia. The two leaders agreed upon a bilateral meeting. During the dinner, President Putin had a range of meetings with the US President Bush with whom he discussed about the meeting in Sochi set for April 6, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who is expected in Russia on April 9, and with President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso.[40]
  • Russia agreed to a transit deal with NATO to allow the alliance to ship non-lethal freight across Russian territory to military forces in Afghanistan. The agreement is allowing the transit across Russia of non-military equipment freight, food products, fuel and transport vehicles.[43]
  • NATO and Russia disagreed over Kosovo and no consensus was reached. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that ”The debate on Kosovo should continue because we had a round of different opinions”.[44]

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After the summit

  • Poland claimed it was satisfied with the NATO summit. The Polish delegation at the NATO summit in Bucharest is satisfied with the Organisation’s declaration supporting the deployment of the US antimissile shield in Europe, Sławomir Nowak, the head of PM’s political cabinet, has said.[45]
  • Russian President Putin was pleased about the alliance deciding not to invite Georgia and Ukraine to the Membership Action Plan at least for the time being.[46]

SÅ‚awomir Nowak (born December 11, 1974 in GdaÅ„sk) is a Polish politician. ... List of Presidents of Russia Boris Yeltsin1 (July 10, 1991 – December 31, 1999) two terms. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин in Cyrillic lettering) (born October 7, 1952) has been the President of Russia since the year 2000. ... Membership Action Plan (MAP) is a term for countries that are in a stage of becoming members of NATO. The current MAP-countries are: Albania, the Republic of Macedonia (both since April 1999) and Croatia (since May 2002). ...

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Paris 1957 · Brussels 1974 · Brussels 1975 · London 1977 · Washington, D.C. 1978 · Bonn 1982 · Brussels 1985 · Brussels 1988 · Brussels May 1989 · Brussels December 1989 · London 1990 · Rome 1991 · Brussels 1994 · Paris May 1997 · Madrid July 1997 · Washington, D.C. 1999 · NATO Headquarters 2001 · Rome May 2002 · Prague November 2002 · Istanbul 2004 · NATO Headquarters 2005 · Riga 2006 · Bucharest 2008 Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The 2006 Riga Summit or the 19th NATO Summit was a NATO summit held in Riga, Latvia from November 28 until November 29, 2006. ... This article is about the military alliance. ... A NATO summit is a summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for Heads of State and Heads of Government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance activities. ... The 1999 Washington summit was the 15th NATO summit and was held in Washington on April 24-25, 1999. ... The 2001 NATO Headquarters summit was a special Meeting of the North Atlantic Council with the participation of Heads of State and Government on June 13, 2001. ... The 2002 Rome Summit was an exceptional (and thus unnumbered) NATO summit of NATO and Russia at the level of Heads of State and Government. ... The 2002 Prague Summit was a NATO summit where the heads of state and government of the NATO member states met. ... Honoring the start of the 2-day NATO Summit in Istanbul, fighter jets fly in formation over the summit site. ... The 2005 Nato Headquarters Summit was a NATO summit in the NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium on February 22, 2005. ... The 2006 Riga Summit or the 19th NATO Summit was a NATO summit held in Riga, Latvia from November 28 until November 29, 2006. ...



 
 

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