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Why NATO didn't set a date for the summit in Albania

2026-07-12 16:05:23Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

For several hours, Albania's absence from the final statement of the NATO Summit in Ankara raised questions about whether the Alliance had changed plans for the upcoming leaders' summit.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte clearly confirmed that the next summit will take place in Albania, clarifying that the only issue that remains open is the timing of its holding.

"The next summit will be in Albania. This was the decision taken in The Hague... Of course, we still have to decide the exact time," Rutte declared at the press conference at the end of the summit.

The NATO Press Office gave the same response in a communication with Albanian Post, relaying the Secretary General's statement in full and clarifying that, at the moment, there is no additional information to make public.

Prime Minister Edi Rama, in an interview with CNN Türk, also said that Albania's absence from the final statement is not related to a change in the decision.

"The Secretary-General also said at the press conference that the next summit will be held in Albania. The only reason why this was not included in the statement is that discussions on the calendar are still underway," Rama said.

At first glance, the lack of a date may seem unusual.

Contrary to what is often perceived, NATO summits have not always been an annual event.

Until the end of the Cold War, the Alliance held only ten leaders' summits, while after the 1990s their frequency increased significantly, without necessarily turning into an annual meeting.

This time, the uncertainty also relates to the content of the summit itself.

In The Hague, allies agreed on the target of reaching 5 percent of Gross Domestic Product for defense spending by 2035.

In Ankara, according to Albanian authorities, the leaders reported on the first steps taken in implementing this commitment.

Minister of Defense, Ermal Nufi, said that the summit in Tirana is expected to have a more operational character, focusing on the concrete implementation of investments, military procurement and the modernization of Alliance capacities.

According to him, these processes take time and could take 12, 18 or even 24 months, which makes it reasonable that the date has not yet been set.

At the same time, the international climate remains extremely volatile.

The summit in Ankara took place under the shadow of the escalating conflict with Iran, while relations between the US administration and some European allies remain complex.

Analysts quoted by international media have also raised the possibility that NATO may not necessarily hold a leaders' summit next year, returning to the previous model, where these meetings were organized only when there was a need for strategic decision-making.

Consequently, the debate is no longer whether the summit will be held in Albania, but when the Alliance will assess that the political and strategic conditions are appropriate to hold it.


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