NATO will cancel its next summit originally scheduled to be held in Albania in 2027 due to growing tensions within the alliance over defense spending, and the wars in Iran and Ukraine, The Associated Press (AP) reported.

“There is not yet a common position on when the summit will happen, for sure not in 2027,” the agency quoted Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama as saying. “In 2028, if it will be a summit, it will be in Tirana.”

Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte refrain from a direct answer. "We are flexible with NATO summits," he told AP, adding that NATO hold summits “when we need them.”