Senior European leaders and officials arrived in Ankara on Monday (July 6) and Tuesday (July 7) to attend a NATO summit hosted by Turkey, with U.S. President Donald Trump expected to be among the participants.

NATO leaders will discuss a host of challenges facing the alliance, from Europe taking on more responsibility for the continent’s security to boosting defence industrial production.

One of their primary goals is to maintain unity and keep the U.S. committed to the alliance’s Article 5 clause, NATO officials say, which specifies that an attack on one of its members is an attack on all.

The alliance faced two crises this year which have fuelled tension in the transatlantic relationship: U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands for ownership of Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO-member Denmark, and his anger at NATO allies over their response to the Iran war.

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European leaders arrive in Ankara for NATO summit

VIDEO SHOWS: ARRIVALS OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN, SWEDEN'S PRIME MINISTER ULF KRISTERSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS ROB JETTEN, PRESIDENT OF FINLAND ALEXANDER STUBB, GREECE FOREIGN MINISTER GIORGOS GERAPETRITIS, LUXEMBOURG'S PRIME MINISTER LUC FRIEDEN, BELGIUM'S PRIME MINISTER BART DE WEVER

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SHOWS: ANKARA, TURKEY (JULY 6, 2026) (HOST BROADCASTER - Access all)

1. VEHICLE CARRYING EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN

2. VON DER LEYEN GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE / SHAKING HANDS WITH TURKISH TOURISM MINISTER, MEHMET NURI ERSOY

3. VON DER LEYEN AND ERSOY WALKING ALONG CARPET

4. VON DER LEYEN GETTING INTO VEHICLE

5. VEHICLE DEPARTING

6. PLANE CARRYING SWEDEN'S PRIME MINISTER ULF KRISTERSSON

7. KRISTERSSON DISEMBARKING PLANE / RECEIVING FLOWERS

8. VARIOUS OF KRISTERSSON WALKING ALONG CARPET

ANKARA, TURKEY (JULY 7, 2026) (HOST BROADCASTER - Access all)

9. PLANE CARRYING PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS ROB JETTEN

10. JETTEN DISEMBARKING PLANE

11. JETTEN WALKING DOWN CARPET

12. VARIOUS OF JETTEN GETTING INTO VEHICLE

13. PRESIDENT OF FINLAND ALEXANDER STUBB DISEMBARKING PLANE / SHAKING HANDS

14. VARIOUS OF STUBB WALKING DOWN CARPET

15. PLANE CARRYING GREECE FOREIGN MINISTER GIORGOS GERAPETRITIS

16. GERAPETRITIS DISEMBARKING PLANE

17. GERAPETRITIS STANDING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS

18. LUXEMBOURG'S PRIME MINISTER LUC FRIEDEN AND BELGIUM'S PRIME MINISTER BART DE WEVER DISEMBARKING PLANE / WALKING DOWN STAIRS

19. FRIEDEN AND DE WEVER RECEIVING FLOWERS

20. FRIEDEN AND DE WEVER WALKING

21. VARIOUS OF FRIEDEN AND DE WEVER GETTING INTO VEHICLES / VEHICLES DEPARTING