NATO cancels planned 2027 summit in Albania, scales back meetings
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Nov, 05:31 · Archive
NATO will not hold a leaders' summit in Albania in 2027 as planned, with the alliance scaling back high-level meetings.
NATO is cancelling its planned leaders' summit in Albania next year and scaling back its high-level meetings as the alliance navigates internal tensions over defence spending, Iran and the war in Ukraine.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Thursday that there is 'not yet a common position on when the summit will happen, for sure not in 2027'. He indicated that if a summit takes place in 2028, it will be held in Tirana, the capital. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte characterised the change as routine, telling the Associated Press: 'We are flexible with NATO summits. We have summits when we need them.' Until about a decade ago, NATO held summits every two years.
Beyond the cancelled summit, NATO is cutting back ministerial meetings. Defence ministers will not meet in October 2027, and foreign ministers have only one scheduled meeting next year instead of two, under what NATO describes as a 'reorganization package'. U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have each skipped NATO meetings or left before talks ended since taking office.
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- NATO to skip a leaders’ summit in Albania next year as high-level meetings are scaled backNATO is scaling back high-level meetings and will not hold a leaders’ summit in Albania next year as planned.Clickorlando · 15 Nov, 05:04
- NATO to skip a leaders’ summit in Albania next year as high-level meetings are scaled backNATO is scaling back high-level meetings and will not hold a leaders’ summit in Albania next year as planned.News4Jax · 15 Nov, 05:04
In this story: NATO · Albania · Edi Rama · Mark Rutte · Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio
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