1978 Washington summit

Washington summit
Host countryUnited States
DatesMay 30–31, 1978

The 1978 Washington summit was the fifth NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in Washington, D.C. took place on May 30–31, 1978.[1] This event was only the sixth meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949.[2]

  1. ^ NATO. "NATO summit meetings". Archived from the original on May 9, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  2. ^ Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination, p. 101.