NATO has canceled its planned 2027 leaders' summit in Albania and is scaling back high-level meetings.

NATO has canceled its planned 2027 leaders' summit in Albania and is scaling back high-level meetings.

NATO has canceled its planned 2027 leaders' summit in Albania and is scaling back high-level meetings amid growing tensions within the alliance over defense spending, Iran and the war in Ukraine, according to an AP report.

The conference will not take place in 2027, but it may be held in Tirana in 2028. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte downplayed the value of the decision and said that the alliance would hold conferences when necessary.

According to NATO's updated schedule, defense ministers will also skip their scheduled October 2027 meeting, while foreign ministers will meet only once next year instead of twice.