NATO is reducing the number of high-level meetings and will not hold a summit of NATO leaders in Albania in 2027. It comes amid growing tensions within NATO over defense spending, Iran and the war in Ukraine. Albanian Prime Minister Edward Rama said that "there is no agreement on when the summit will take place, but certainly not in 2027." If the summit is in 2028, it will be in Tirana. NATO Secretary General Mark Rott did not attach much importance to this issue. "We are flexible regarding the issue of the NATO summit," he said in an interview with the Associated Press. "We hold the summit when we need them," he added, and the next summit will take place "when the need arises." It is not just meetings between US President Donald Trump and his colleagues. NATO defense ministers usually meet in October, but no talks took place last month and are not scheduled for 20 October 27. The foreign ministers are supposed to hold only one meeting next year, not two.

NATO is reducing the number of high-level meetings and will not hold a summit of NATO leaders in Albania in 2027. It comes amid growing tensions within NATO over defense spending, Iran and the war in Ukraine. Albanian Prime Minister Edward Rama said that "there is no agreement on when the summit will take place, but certainly not in 2027." If the summit is in 2028, it will be in Tirana. NATO Secretary General Mark Rott did not attach much importance to this issue. "We are flexible regarding the issue of the NATO summit," he said in an interview with the Associated Press. "We hold the summit when we need them," he added, and the next summit will take place "when the need arises." It is not just meetings between US President Donald Trump and his colleagues. NATO defense ministers usually meet in October, but no talks took place last month and are not scheduled for 20 October 27. The foreign ministers are supposed to hold only one meeting next year, not two.