Thousands of protesters meanwhile have converged in Lisbon to protest the NATO summit. Several rallies are being held culminating in an antiwar march on Saturday. A British activist said that she traveled to Portugal to support calls for NATO to disband.

Protester: '’I feel that NATO is a threat, because I don't like at all what they’re doing. I don’t know how they still exist. The Cold War is over. NATO should have disbanded. And I’m here to tell them that it’s time, I think, that they did. They won’t listen to me, but never mind.’’