La Turchia ospiterà il vertice della NATO del 2026 ad Ankara, 7-8 luglio

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that leaders will meet on 7–8 July 2026, underlining Turkiye’s role on NATO’s southern and Black Sea lines.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that Türkiye will host the 2026 NATO Summit on 7–8 July at the Beştepe Presidential Complex (Külliye) in Ankara, thanking Ankara for taking on the gathering of Allied leaders.

This will be the Alliance’s second leaders’ summit in Türkiye, following the 2004 meeting in Istanbul—an event that marked a key phase in NATO’s post-Cold War transformation.

The Ankara summit is expected to focus on implementing decisions from The Hague in June 2025, including the new multi-year drive to raise defence investment and sharpen readiness across the Alliance.

Leaders will also review support mechanisms for Ukraine coordinated through NATO’s new procurement and funding tracks, with updates on deliveries and financing under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL).

Hosting in Ankara is important for Türkiye because it shows how important it is to NATO’s southern and Black Sea flanks. It connects the Alliance’s eastern deterrent posture with security in the Eastern Mediterranean and the surrounding area.

The dates and location made it easy to define objectives for burden-sharing, defence industry resilience, and interoperability. These are areas where Allies committed to put more finance into and speed up the delivery of capabilities following The Hague.