2002 Prague summit

The 2002 Prague summit was a NATO summit held at the Prague Congress Centre 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 reaffirmed 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.

Prague summit
map of NATO members
Host countryCzech Republic
Dates21–22 November 2002
Venue(s)Prague Congress Center

At a press conference, then-President of the United States George W. Bush declared to "disarm" Saddam Hussein together with a "coalition of the willing".[1]

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