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2008 Bucharest summit

The 2008 Bucharest Summit or the 20th NATO Summit was a NATO summit organized in the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania on 2 – 4 April 2008.[1][2]

Bucharest summit
Bucharest summit logo
Host countryRomania
Dates2–4 April 2008
Venue(s)Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest

Among other business, Croatia and Albania were invited to join the Alliance. The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia was not invited to join NATO due to its ongoing naming dispute with Greece. Georgia and Ukraine had hoped to join the NATO Membership Action Plan,[3] but, while welcoming the two countries’ aspirations for membership and agreeing that "these countries will become members of NATO", the NATO members decided to review their request in December 2008.[4][5]

Prior protests in Brussels edit

Protests against NATO's role in "promoting war" were held at NATO's HQ in Brussels two weeks before the summit,[6] and in Bucharest.[7] Protesters targeted the renewed determination of NATO to use nuclear weapons[8][9] and NATO's backing of the US anti-missile shield.[10]

Summit agenda edit

 
The summit

As said by Craig Kennedy in an introduction to the NATO Bucharest summit[11] and from the NATO summit program.[12]

  • 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, former Yugoslav republics Croatia and Macedonia).
  • NATO Action Plan membership (Georgia and Ukraine) (4 April).
  • Moldova's future in NATO.

Host edit

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 14 March 2004.

Non-invitation edit

An invitation to join the Alliance was not extended to the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia). Greece had threatened on several occasions to veto the country's NATO bid due to the longstanding naming dispute over the latter's name.[13] The last UN proposal before the summit was the name "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)", which was rejected by Greece.[14] Athens argues that use of the name "Macedonia" implies territorial claims on its own region of Macedonia.[10] Macedonia denied it,[15] citing constitutional amendments that specifically exclude "territorial pretensions".[16][17] NATO officials said the country could begin talks on joining the alliance as soon as it had resolved its dispute with Greece.[18]

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 acronym "FYROM",[19] Greece expected that the country would immediately request recognition by its constitutional name once it gained entry into the organization.[20] According to politicians in Macedonia, Greece had directly breached the Interim Accord.[21]

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.[22][23] Conversely, Greece contended that although Macedonia rejected territorial claims officially, in practice there have been numerous irredentist provocations by high government officials, schoolbooks, and other governmental publications.[24][25] Senior officials in Macedonia asserted that the country had fulfilled NATO requirements to join and was being "punished" for its identity.[26]

After an application for ruling submitted after the Summit by Macedonia under the "FYROM" reference against Greece on this matter before the International Court of Justice, on 5 December 2011 the Court ruled that Greece had indeed breached the accords and was wrong to do so.[27]

Russian presence edit

 
Romanian President Traian Băsescu and Russian President Vladimir Putin, before NATO summit, in Bucharest, on 4 April 2008.

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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.[28]

Outcome edit

Summary of 2 April edit

  • 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.[29] Romanian President Traian Băsescu said Romania's approach to the relationship with Russia was to "leave behind the Cold War logic."[30]
  • U.S. President George W. Bush had a meeting at Neptun with President Băsescu about visas for one another's countries and working on organising bilateral relationships. President Băsescu claimed Romania deserved to have better relations with the US as it had sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan[31] and had worked with the US.[32][33]
  • NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer opened the 'Securing our future' exhibition. 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.[34]
  • United States, Canada, Poland, Romania, the Czechs and the Baltic States, strongly supported Ukraine and Georgia becoming NATO action plan members; however, they were strongly opposed by Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium.[35][36][37] Germany was more focused on reconciliation, on the dependence from Russian resources. Also, there were concerns with respect to governance and corruption within the both countries, or their ability to pull out of nefarious influence in the CIS.[35] "Ukraine is seen by Russia as part of its own historic and cultural domain," Dutch politician warned.[37] 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.[38]
  • 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.[39]
  • 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.[40][41]

Summary of 3 April edit

  • A consensus was reached on Croatia and Albania: the two countries were invited to begin accession talks to join the Alliance.[5][42]
  • the Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia's NATO bid was not accepted 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".[43] FYROM officials expressed their disappointment and argued that the decision would undermine stability in the Balkans.[4] All NATO members agreed in writing that FYROM would not be able to join the alliance until it has settled its dispute with Greece.[44]
  • 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".[45] However, the Summit Declaration stated: "NATO’s door will remain open to European democracies willing and able to assume the responsibilities and obligations of membership, in accordance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty. We reiterate that decisions on enlargement are for NATO itself to make. [...] NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO. We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO. Both nations have made valuable contributions to Alliance operations. We welcome the democratic reforms in Ukraine and Georgia and look forward to free and fair parliamentary elections in Georgia in May. MAP is the next step for Ukraine and Georgia on their direct way to membership. Today we make clear that we support these countries’ applications for MAP."[5]
  • Nicolas Sarkozy of France confirmed he would send a battalion of troops (around 800) to the East of Afghanistan,[46] to ensure Canada could remain in the Kandahar province. Prime Minister Stephen 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 into the NATO military command at the next Alliance Summit in 2009, after it left the NATO military command in 1966.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro started the NATO intense dialogue phase[47] and the alliance is thinking of co-operating with Serbia too.[48]
  • 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.[49] 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.[50]
  • NATO announced its support for the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova.[51][52]
  • Malta re-joined the NATO Partnership for Peace after leaving it once before in October 1996.[53]

Summary of 4 April edit

  • President Vladimir Putin invited Romanian President Băsescu to visit Russia at dinner. The two leaders agreed upon a bilateral meeting. During the dinner, President Putin had a range of meetings with the US President George W. Bush with whom he discussed about the meeting in Sochi set for 6 April, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who is expected in Russia on 9 April, and with President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso.[50]
  • Russia signed an agreement with NATO permitting transit across Russia of non-military equipment, food products, fuel and transport vehicles to forces in Afghanistan.[54]
  • 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".[55]

After the summit edit

  • Poland claimed it was satisfied with the NATO summit. The Polish delegation at the NATO summit in Bucharest was satisfied with the Organisation's declaration supporting the deployment of the US anti-missile shield in Europe, Sławomir Nowak, the head of PM's political cabinet, has said.[56]
  • 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.[57]
  • NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai, has spoken about the positive results of the high level reunion concerning the Alliance enlargement and NATO missile defence, which will be complementary to the American one. He was pleased about Albania and Croatia. He also said that the Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia is still at the "alliance's door" and will be invited to join NATO as soon as the naming dispute is resolved.[58]

Member states leaders and other dignitaries in attendance edit

Non-member states and organisations edit

References edit

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External links edit

  • Official Website
  • Bucharest Summit Declaration Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Bucharest on 3 April 2008
  • ISAF's Strategic Vision Declaration by the Heads of State and Government of the Nations contributing to the UN-mandated NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan
  • 2008 Vilnius NATO meeting
  • , Opinion by Aleksandar Matovski, June 2008, European Union Institute for Security Studies

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The 2008 Bucharest Summit or the 20th NATO Summit was a NATO summit organized in the Palace of the Parliament Bucharest Romania on 2 4 April 2008 1 2 Bucharest summitBucharest summit logoHost countryRomaniaDates2 4 April 2008Venue s Palace of the Parliament BucharestAmong other business Croatia and Albania were invited to join the Alliance The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia was not invited to join NATO due to its ongoing naming dispute with Greece Georgia and Ukraine had hoped to join the NATO Membership Action Plan 3 but while welcoming the two countries aspirations for membership and agreeing that these countries will become members of NATO the NATO members decided to review their request in December 2008 4 5 Contents 1 Prior protests in Brussels 2 Summit agenda 3 Host 4 Non invitation 5 Russian presence 6 Outcome 6 1 Summary of 2 April 6 2 Summary of 3 April 6 3 Summary of 4 April 7 After the summit 8 Member states leaders and other dignitaries in attendance 8 1 Non member states and organisations 9 References 10 External linksPrior protests in Brussels editProtests against NATO s role in promoting war were held at NATO s HQ in Brussels two weeks before the summit 6 and in Bucharest 7 Protesters targeted the renewed determination of NATO to use nuclear weapons 8 9 and NATO s backing of the US anti missile shield 10 Summit agenda edit nbsp The summitAs said by Craig Kennedy in an introduction to the NATO Bucharest summit 11 and from the NATO summit program 12 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 former Yugoslav republics Croatia and Macedonia NATO Action Plan membership Georgia and Ukraine 4 April Moldova s future in NATO Host editRomania 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 14 March 2004 Non invitation editMain article Macedonia naming dispute An invitation to join the Alliance was not extended to the Republic of Macedonia now North Macedonia Greece had threatened on several occasions to veto the country s NATO bid due to the longstanding naming dispute over the latter s name 13 The last UN proposal before the summit was the name Republic of Macedonia Skopje which was rejected by Greece 14 Athens argues that use of the name Macedonia implies territorial claims on its own region of Macedonia 10 Macedonia denied it 15 citing constitutional amendments that specifically exclude territorial pretensions 16 17 NATO officials said the country could begin talks on joining the alliance as soon as it had resolved its dispute with Greece 18 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 acronym FYROM 19 Greece expected that the country would immediately request recognition by its constitutional name once it gained entry into the organization 20 According to politicians in Macedonia Greece had directly breached the Interim Accord 21 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 22 23 Conversely Greece contended that although Macedonia rejected territorial claims officially in practice there have been numerous irredentist provocations by high government officials schoolbooks and other governmental publications 24 25 Senior officials in Macedonia asserted that the country had fulfilled NATO requirements to join and was being punished for its identity 26 After an application for ruling submitted after the Summit by Macedonia under the FYROM reference against Greece on this matter before the International Court of Justice on 5 December 2011 the Court ruled that Greece had indeed breached the accords and was wrong to do so 27 Russian presence edit nbsp Romanian President Traian Băsescu and Russian President Vladimir Putin before NATO summit in Bucharest on 4 April 2008 further explanation needed 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 28 Outcome editSummary of 2 April edit 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 29 Romanian President Traian Băsescu said Romania s approach to the relationship with Russia was to leave behind the Cold War logic 30 U S President George W Bush had a meeting at Neptun with President Băsescu about visas for one another s countries and working on organising bilateral relationships President Băsescu claimed Romania deserved to have better relations with the US as it had sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan 31 and had worked with the US 32 33 NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer opened the Securing our future exhibition 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 34 United States Canada Poland Romania the Czechs and the Baltic States strongly supported Ukraine and Georgia becoming NATO action plan members however they were strongly opposed by Germany France Italy Spain the Netherlands and Belgium 35 36 37 Germany was more focused on reconciliation on the dependence from Russian resources Also there were concerns with respect to governance and corruption within the both countries or their ability to pull out of nefarious influence in the CIS 35 Ukraine is seen by Russia as part of its own historic and cultural domain Dutch politician warned 37 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 38 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 39 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 40 41 Summary of 3 April edit A consensus was reached on Croatia and Albania the two countries were invited to begin accession talks to join the Alliance 5 42 the Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia s NATO bid was not accepted 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 43 FYROM officials expressed their disappointment and argued that the decision would undermine stability in the Balkans 4 All NATO members agreed in writing that FYROM would not be able to join the alliance until it has settled its dispute with Greece 44 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 45 However the Summit Declaration stated NATO s door will remain open to European democracies willing and able to assume the responsibilities and obligations of membership in accordance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty We reiterate that decisions on enlargement are for NATO itself to make NATO welcomes Ukraine s and Georgia s Euro Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO Both nations have made valuable contributions to Alliance operations We welcome the democratic reforms in Ukraine and Georgia and look forward to free and fair parliamentary elections in Georgia in May MAP is the next step for Ukraine and Georgia on their direct way to membership Today we make clear that we support these countries applications for MAP 5 Nicolas Sarkozy of France confirmed he would send a battalion of troops around 800 to the East of Afghanistan 46 to ensure Canada could remain in the Kandahar province Prime Minister Stephen 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 into the NATO military command at the next Alliance Summit in 2009 after it left the NATO military command in 1966 Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro started the NATO intense dialogue phase 47 and the alliance is thinking of co operating with Serbia too 48 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 49 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 50 NATO announced its support for the territorial integrity independence and sovereignty of Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia and Moldova 51 52 Malta re joined the NATO Partnership for Peace after leaving it once before in October 1996 53 Summary of 4 April edit President Vladimir Putin invited Romanian President Băsescu to visit Russia at dinner The two leaders agreed upon a bilateral meeting During the dinner President Putin had a range of meetings with the US President George W Bush with whom he discussed about the meeting in Sochi set for 6 April with German Chancellor Angela Merkel with UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon who is expected in Russia on 9 April and with President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Durao Barroso 50 Russia signed an agreement with NATO permitting transit across Russia of non military equipment food products fuel and transport vehicles to forces in Afghanistan 54 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 55 After the summit editPoland claimed it was satisfied with the NATO summit The Polish delegation at the NATO summit in Bucharest was satisfied with the Organisation s declaration supporting the deployment of the US anti missile shield in Europe Slawomir Nowak the head of PM s political cabinet has said 56 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 57 NATO Spokesman James Appathurai has spoken about the positive results of the high level reunion concerning the Alliance enlargement and NATO missile defence which will be complementary to the American one He was pleased about Albania and Croatia He also said that the Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia is still at the alliance s door and will be invited to join NATO as soon as the naming dispute is resolved 58 Member states leaders and other dignitaries in attendance edit nbsp Belgium Prime Minister Yves Leterme nbsp Bulgaria President Georgi Parvanov nbsp Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper nbsp Czech Republic Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek nbsp Denmark Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen nbsp Estonia Prime Minister Andrus Ansip nbsp France President Nicolas Sarkozy nbsp Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel nbsp Greece Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis nbsp Hungary Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany nbsp Iceland Prime Minister Geir Haarde nbsp Italy Prime Minister Romano Prodi nbsp Latvia President Valdis Zatlers nbsp Lithuania President Valdas Adamkus nbsp Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker nbsp Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende nbsp Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg nbsp Poland President Lech Kaczynski nbsp Portugal Prime Minister Jose Socrates nbsp Romania President Traian Băsescu nbsp Slovakia President Ivan Gasparovic nbsp Slovenia Prime Minister Janez Jansa nbsp Spain Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero nbsp Turkey President Abdullah Gul nbsp United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown nbsp United States President George W Bush nbsp NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Non member states and organisations edit nbsp Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai nbsp Albania Prime Minister Sali Berisha nbsp Armenia President Robert Kocharyan nbsp Austria President Heinz Fischer nbsp Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairman of the Presidency Haris Silajdzic nbsp Croatia President Stjepan Mesic nbsp Cyprus President Demetris Christofias nbsp Finland President Tarja Halonen nbsp Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili nbsp Ireland Taoiseach Bertie Ahern nbsp Macedonia Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski nbsp Malta Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi nbsp Moldova President Vladimir Voronin nbsp Montenegro President Filip Vujanovic nbsp Russia President Vladimir Putin nbsp Serbia President Boris Tadic nbsp Sweden Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt nbsp Switzerland Federal Council Eveline Widmer Schlumpf nbsp Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko nbsp European Union President in Office of the European Council Janez Jansa nbsp European Union President of the European Commission Jose Manuel BarrosoReferences edit Bucharest to host 2008 NATO Summit NATO 27 April 2007 a b Romania to host NATO summit in spring 2008 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Romanian Information Center in Brussels 2007 NATO Summit Bucharest 2008 a b c Nato denies Georgia and Ukraine The BBC News 3 April 2008 a b c Bucharest Summit Declaration Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Bucharest on 3 April 2008 NATO 3 April 2008 Archived from the original on 3 October 2011 Arrests at Belgian Nato protest BBC News 22 March 2008 and Over 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