Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announces that the NATO summit will not take place in 2027/ Tirana remains a possible host in 2028

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Thursday in Dublin that the next NATO summit hosted by Albania will not take place in 2027. Tirana retains its status as host, but the allies have not yet set the year of the meeting. Holding it in 2028 remains possible.

“Certainly not in 2027. And in 2028, if there is a summit, it will take place in Tirana,” Rama said on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Ireland.

The clarification comes after Albania initially prepared to host the meeting in 2027. In December 2025, the government in Tirana approved a coordination structure and a national team to organize the event. Hosting the summit in Tirana was also reaffirmed during a discussion between Rama and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on November 3 in Brussels.

At the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7–8, 2026, Rutte confirmed that Albania would host the next meeting, without specifying the date. Albanian Defense Minister Ermal Nufi rejected reports of a possible virtual summit, explaining that the online discussions concerned only setting the schedule. NATO summits do not follow a mandatory schedule and are convened based on security developments.