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NATO confirms it has sent a "strong message" to Tirana: You cannot lose the role of summit host

2026-07-01 22:01:22Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
NATO confirms it has sent a "strong message" to Tirana: You cannot
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By Shona Murray, Euronews.com / Albania's position as host of next year's NATO summit has been called into question due to the country's failure to meet key spending targets.

Euronews previously reported that the draft resolution for next week's NATO summit in Ankara contains no mention of holding the upcoming meeting in Albania, despite the summit location having been previously announced.

The failure to mention it in the final summit statement is a deliberate move by NATO officials to pressure Albania to take steps.

A NATO source confirmed on Wednesday that the situation has not changed and the alliance was sending a "strong message" to Tirana that the country could lose its role as host if it does not "step up and spend."

NATO countries agreed to drastically increase spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 at last year’s summit in The Hague. But with its current spending of around 1.49%, Tirana is well off even NATO’s initial 2% defense target.

Albania is not alone, as Slovenia and the Czech Republic have also been identified as countries that are not contributing when it comes to strengthening collective defense. Although both were listed in NATO's 2025 report on individual member spending as countries that had reached the 2% mark, NATO sources told Euronews that these figures were not accurate.

The US has condemned allies it considers to be lagging behind when it comes to defence spending and wants to see evidence that the countries are on a "credible" path to achieving the 5% target within the agreed timeframe.

European countries can no longer benefit from the defense architecture, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker told reporters on Wednesday, complaining about "adverse benefiting American taxpayers - as has also happened to some in the NATO alliance," Whittaker said.

The 32 allies will meet in Ankara for the annual summit hosted by Turkey on July 7-9. US President Trump confirmed last week that he will be present, as will US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will also attend, along with the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.


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