Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama, has indicated that next summit NATO will not be held in Tirana during 2027, despite earlier plans for Albania to be the host of this meeting.
Speaking Thursday in Dublin, prior to the meeting of European leaders, Rama said there is still no agreement among member states on the timing of the summit.
The question is that there is still no common position on when the summit will be held. Of course, not in 2027, Rama declared, according to Reuters.
However, the Albanian prime minister left open the possibility for Albania to organise the summit in 2028.
And in 2028, if there is a summit, it will be held in Tirana, he added.
According to Reuters, plans to hold the summit in Albania in 2027 had been in question since June, due to objections by the Trump administration and the frustrations of some member states regarding Albania’s low defence spending.
Meanwhile, NATO is considering the possibility of giving up on the practice of organising summits each year. Diplomats suggest that the Alliance may decide in the short term for holding a summit during 2026, but not in Tirana.
An official NATO has confirmed that the Alliance’s next summit will be held in Albania, without specifying the date.
In the declaration of the NATO summit in The Hague in June 2025, leaders had mentioned Turkey as the host of the 2026 summit, followed by Albania. However, in the Ankara summit declaration, held in July this year, neither the date nor the location of the upcoming meeting was specified.
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