“We have today endorsed our Comprehensive Political Guidance which provides a framework and political direction for NATO?s continuing transformation, setting out, for the next 10-15 years, the priorities for all Alliance capability issues, planning disciplines and intelligence…Contributing to peace and stability in Afghanistan is NATO?s key priority…We have endorsed a set of initiatives to increase the capacity of our forces to address contemporary threats and challenges. These include: improving our ability to conduct and support multinational joint expeditionary operations far from home territory with little or no host nation support and to sustain them for extended periods…”

Riga Summit Declaration

Issued by the Heads of State and Government
participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council
in Riga on 29 November 2006

1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the North