NATO Summit Will Not Take Place in Albania in 2027, Says Prime Minister Rama

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has confirmed that NATO will not hold its next summit in Albania in 2027, despite earlier plans to host the alliance’s leaders in Tirana. Speaking in Dublin on Thursday, Rama said there was no common decision on the timing of the next summit, adding that Albania could host it in 2028 instead.

Plans for the 2027 summit in Albania had already faced uncertainty due to resistance from the US administration and concerns among NATO members over Albania’s relatively low defence spending. The alliance has also been considering whether to move away from its recent practice of holding annual summits.

A NATO official confirmed that the next summit would be held in Albania, but said no date had been decided. While the 2025 Hague summit declaration had identified Turkey in 2026 and Albania as the following host, the declaration adopted at the Ankara summit in July 2026 did not specify a date or location for the next meeting.

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