1997 Madrid NATO summit

1997 NATO summit meeting in Madrid, Spain December 2019 NATO Summit Madrid 1997 1997 Madrid Summit Spain Institución Ferial de Madrid Madrid 8–9 July 1997 www.nato.int 1997 Paris summit 1999 Washington summit The 1997 Madrid summit was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the sixteen members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and their partner countries held in Madrid, Spain, on 8–9 July 1997. It was the 15th NATO summit and the second in 1997, the previous one being held in Paris. The summit was notable for inviting three new members, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic to join the alliance. Summit Venue The summit was held at the pavilions of the IFEMA fairgrounds. The government of Spain allocated 1.3 billion pesetas (€7.8 million) for the development of the summit.https://elpais.com/diario/1997/03/27/internacional/859417207_850215.html Spain will dedicate 1.3 billion to the NATO summit in Madrid El País es 27 March 1997 NATO enlargement The topic of enlargement was the main focus of the summit. The result of the summit was that Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic were invited to join NATO. Fellow Visegrád Group member Slovakia was excluded from this invitation. Slovakia had held a referendum on NATO membership in May 1997, but turnout in the referendum failed to achieve the required 50% of eligible voters and government sabotage was blamed, which in turn was viewed as one of a string of undemocratic measures taken by Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar. https://books.google.com/books?id=arhG9c4I9HEC The Challenge of NATO Enlargement Slovakia and NATO Eduard Kukan Anton Bebler Greenwood Publishing Group 1999 0-2759-6108-7 164–166 A majority of NATO members reportedly supported France's proposal to also immediately invite Romania and Slovenia as members, but this was strongly opposed by U.S. President Bill Clinton, and even an "iron-clad guarantee" that they could be invited in two years time was watered-down in favor of an "open door" policy for new potential members. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9707/08/nato/index.html?_s=PM:WORLD NATO invites Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic to join CNN 8 July 1997 4 December 2014 John King Steve Hurst A main concern for the United States was the cost of potentially raising the military standards of the new Eastern European members. Estimates put this cost at as much as US$10 billion, which participants worried could lead to the treaty recognizing the new members being rejected by the Republican-held U.S. Senate. http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/07/06/nato.advancer/ Big Issues Confront NATO at Madrid Summit John King CNN 6 July 1997 4 December 2014 Distinctive partnership Additionally, a "Charter on a Distinctive Partnership" was signed between NATO and Ukraine, creating the NATO-Ukraine Commission and establishing relations between the two, http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_37750.htm NATO's relations with Ukraine NATO 29 September 2014 4 December 2014 and a declaration supporting peace efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina was read and signed by participants. http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/1997/p97-082e.htm Special Declaration on Bosnia And Herzegovina Heads of State and Government of NATO 8 July 1997 4 December 2014 Participants The official meetings were led by NATO Secretary General Javier Solana. One notable absence from the summit was Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, which was instead represented by lower level bureaucrats. https://books.google.com/books?id=x0FjLreKyiUC Russia Faces NATO Expansion: Bearing Gifts Or Bearing Arms? Joseph Laurence Black Rowman & Littlefield 2000 0-8476-9866-1 59–60 http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/1997/970708/hds-del.htm Heads of Delegation NATO 4 July 1997 4 December 2014 thumb|Secretary of Defense William Cohen, accompanied by National Security Advisor Samuel Burger (left) and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (right), speaks during a press conference, held 8 July 1997, at the Miguel Ángel Hotel, Madrid, Spain. The three policy leaders talked to reporters about the historic decision, made earlier in the day at the NATO summit, to invite Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, three former members of the now defunct Warsaw Pact, to begin accession negotiations to join the NATO alliance. +KeyNon-NATO member Country ororganization Head of Delegation Title NATO Javier Solana Secretary General Albania 1992non-NATO Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan were not member states of NATO but were invited to attend and participate in the summit. Bashkim Fino Prime Minister Armenianon-NATO Alexander Arzumanyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Austrianon-NATO Viktor Klima Chancellor Azerbaijan 1991non-NATO Heidar Aliev President Belarus 1995non-NATO Alexander Lukashenko President Belgium Jean-Luc Dehaene Prime Minister Bulgarianon-NATO Petar Stoyanov President Canada Jean Chrétien Prime Minister Czech Republicnon-NATO Václav Havel President Denmark Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Prime Minister Estonianon-NATO Lennart Meri President Finlandnon-NATO Martti Ahtisaari President France Jacques Chirac President Georgia 1990non-NATO Eduard Shevardnadze President Germany Helmut Kohl Chancellor Greece Costas Simitis Prime Minister Hungarynon-NATO Gyula Horn Prime Minister Iceland Davíð Oddsson Prime Minister Italy Romano Prodi Prime Minister Kazakhstannon-NATO Auyeskhan Kyrbasov Ambassador Latvianon-NATO Guntis Ulmanis President Lithuania 1988non-NATO Algirdas Brazauskas President Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker Prime Minister Macedonia FYR Macedonianon-NATO Kiro Gligorov President Moldovanon-NATO Petru Lucinschi President Netherlands Wim Kok Prime Minister Norway Thorbjørn Jagland Prime Minister Polandnon-NATO Aleksander Kwaśniewski President Portugal António Guterres Prime Minister Romanianon-NATO Emil Constantinescu President Russianon-NATO Valery Serov Deputy Chairman of the Government Slovakianon-NATO Vladimír Mečiar Prime Minister Slovenianon-NATO Janez Drnovšek Prime Minister Spain José María Aznar (host) Prime Minister Swedennon-NATO Göran Persson Prime Minister Switzerlandnon-NATO Adolf Ogi Federal Councillor Turkey Süleyman Demirel President Turkmenistan 1997non-NATO Çary Niýazow Ambassador to France Ukrainenon-NATO Leonid Kuchma President United Kingdom Tony Blair Prime Minister United States Bill Clinton President Uzbekistannon-NATO Abdulaziz Kamilov Minister of Foreign Affairs Other events On the evening of 8 July 1997, King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía welcomed the heads of State, of Government, of Delegations and their companions at the Royal Palace, where they hosted a state dinner.https://www.nato.int/docu/speech/1997/s970708g.htm Address by his Majesty King Juan Carlos I NATO.int NATO 8 July 1997 See also 2022 Madrid summit References 1 External links Official site 1997 Madrid summit Category:1997 in politics Category:Diplomatic conferences in Spain Category:1990s diplomatic conferences Category:1997 in international relations Category:1997 conferences Category:Spain and NATO Category:July 1997 in Europe Category:Foreign policy of the Clinton administration