2002 Rome summit

{{Short description|2002 NATO summit meeting in Rome, Italy}}

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{{Infobox summit

|summit_name = Rome summit

| image = Vladimir Putin 28 May 2002-12.jpg

|caption = 2002 Rome Summit

|country = Italy

|venues = Pratica di Mare Air Base

|dates = May 28, 2002

}}

The 2002 Rome summit was an exceptional (and thus unnumbered) NATO summit of NATO and Russia at the level of Heads of State and Government. NATO Allies and the Russian Federation created the NATO-Russia Council (NRC), which replaced the NATO–Russia Permanent Joint Council (PJC), established in 1997 as part of the Founding Act of Mutual Relations, Cooperation, and Security.{{Cite web |last=NATO |title=NATO-Russia Council (NRC) |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_50091.htm |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=NATO |language=en}}

The summit was held in the Pratica di Mare Air Base outside Rome because of outstanding security requirements soon after the 9/11 attacks.