NATO will cancel its next summit, originally planned to take place in Albania in 2027, due to growing tensions within the alliance over defense spending, and the wars in Iran and Ukraine, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
"There is still no common position on when the summit will take place, certainly not in 2027," the agency quoted Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama as saying. "In 2028, if it is a summit, it will be in Tirana. ".
Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte avoided a direct answer. "We are flexible with NATO summits," he told the AP, adding that NATO holds summits "when we need them. ".