
A day ago, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that the NATO summit will not take place in 2027. Today, the Media and Information Agency clarifies that the decision to organize the next NATO summit in Tirana remains unchanged.
Through a post on social media, MIA emphasizes that the prime minister's statement the day before was only about the timing of the summit and not about the cancellation or change of the decision for Albania to be the host country.
"Prime Minister Edi Rama has stated that the next NATO summit will be held in Tirana. This decision remains unchanged. As for the year and date of the summit, they are determined through joint decision-making of the allied countries in the North Atlantic Council," explained MIA.
"Yesterday's statement by the Prime Minister is a clarification on the timing of the Summit and not a refutation of the decision to organize it in Albania. Tirana as the host country is confirmed. The timing of the event is determined by the Alliance itself," concluded the Media and Information Agency.
A day earlier, from Dublin, where he was on the eve of the meeting of European leaders, Rama stated that the summit will not take place in 2027, while emphasizing that Albania should organize it a year later.
"Albania is projected as the next host of the NATO summit. The issue is that a common position has not been reached on when the summit will take place. It is certain not in 2027. In 2028, if there is a summit, it will be held in Tirana and there is no doubt about that, and everything that is said about it afterwards is all nonsense," Rama said.