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NATO to skip a leaders’ summit in Albania next year as high-level meetings are scaled back
The alliance is cutting back high-level meetings as allies debate defense spending, Iran and Ukraine, and foreign ministers will meet only once next year.
- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced yesterday that NATO will not hold a summit in Albania next year, abandoning earlier plans to host the alliance in 2027.
- Reports from Reuters cited resistance from the administration of President Donald Trump and dissatisfaction among NATO members regarding Tirana's low defense spending levels as reasons for doubt.
- Speaking in Dublin, Rama stated: "The issue is that there is not yet common position on when the summit will happen, for sure not in 2027."
- NATO is considering ending its practice of annual summits to avoid tense encounters with Trump, though diplomats suggest a meeting could still be organized at short notice.
- If a summit occurs in 2028, it will be hosted in Tirana, Rama noted, though the alliance has not yet specified an exact future timeline.
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Independent EspañolNATO is reducing its high-level meetings and will not hold a summit of leaders in Albania next year, as planned, amid tensions within the alliance for defence spending, Iran and the war in Ukraine.
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