Accordingly, NATO is considering returning to the mechanism of organizing summits not according to a fixed cycle, instead of maintaining it regularly every year as in recent times. However, this plan will not affect the summit scheduled to be held in Ankara in July, as preparations are in the final stage.
In fact, NATO's previous high-level conferences did not take place annually. For many years, the alliance's summits were usually held on average about every 2 years. Meanwhile, NATO foreign ministers' meetings take place 3 times a year and the defense ministers meet 2 times a year.
Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, NATO has increased the frequency of summits to annual ones to strengthen coordination between members in responding to Russia. Maintaining regular high-level meetings is seen as part of efforts to unify the alliance's positions and policies.
However, in the context of transatlantic relations showing signs of differences in approaches to some security and political issues, the adjustment of the frequency of meetings is considered to minimize the risk of public disagreements at high-level events. Some observers believe that this move also reflects NATO's efforts to maintain internal consensus in a sensitive period.
NATO has not yet made an official comment on this information.
