Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced that the next NATO summit will not take place in Tirana in 2027, despite previous plans for Albania to host the Alliance’s high-level meeting.
Speaking in Dublin on Thursday, ahead of a meeting of European leaders, Rama said NATO member states had yet to reach an agreement on when the next summit would be held.
“The issue is that there is still no common position on when the summit will take place. Certainly, not in 2027,” Rama said, according to Reuters.
However, the Albanian prime minister left open the possibility of hosting the summit in 2028.
“And in 2028, if there is a summit, it will be held in Tirana,” he added.
According to Reuters, plans for Albania to host the 2027 summit had already come into question in June, amid opposition from the Trump administration and dissatisfaction among some NATO members over Albania’s relatively low defence spending.
NATO is also considering abandoning its practice of holding annual summits. Diplomats say the Alliance could still decide at short notice to organise a summit in 2026, although not in Tirana.
A NATO official has confirmed that Albania will host a future summit, without specifying when.
At the NATO summit in The Hague in June 2025, leaders had identified Türkiye as the host for 2026, followed by Albania. However, the declaration adopted at the Ankara summit in July 2026 did not specify the date or location of the next meeting.
