Leader says he will be forced to see NATO in Ankara by 2027

• In Ankara, the upcoming summit of NATO will be held in a new format, as the concrete details of where the summit will take place in 2027 are still being finalized.
• The plan for the summit of the Alliance in Ankara will be discussed through the negotiation of the SSHA about the new format of the summit.
• Albania is expected to be the place where the summit will take place in 2026, with the 2.6% increase in the VVP.

The NATO summit in Turkey is set to take place on schedule, while the leader of the country will have to push through to Ankara. Despite the plan for the summit to proceed in Albania in 2027, the details of the summit will be clarified through the negotiation of the SSHA about the new format of the summit, Reuters reports.

According to sources, the project to hold the summit in Ankara, instead of the planned summit in Albania, has been under consideration. The European proposal, which has been finalized in the new version of the document, states that the leader has not yet decided on the timing of the summit, but the project is not yet approved.

This uncertainty is also linked to the fact that, according to Reuters, NATO’s military capabilities will depend on the schedule. This is why the summit is being planned in advance, and the terms are being set. The leader’s decision is expected to be made within a few days.

Meanwhile, the NATO summit in 2025 in Gaza will be held in Turkey, as the summit is expected to take place in Albania. The alliance expects that the summit will be held in 2025, and that the leader’s decision will be made within 5% of the planned schedule for the next 10 years.

Reuters also notes that the new budget for the coming months will be in place, with the share of the military budget not exceeding 2% of GDP. NATO’s general secretary Mark Rutte, speaking on the matter, said that the alliance’s member states are likely to increase spending to 2%, while Albania, Czechia and Slovenia are not expected to reach this level, but will plan to do so over the next year.

According to a Reuters source, the alliance “will not be able to avoid the military requirements,” and the alliance’s member states will be required to meet the targets. The plan for Albania’s spending in 2026 is set at 2.6% of GDP: 2.2% for defense spending and 0.4% for non-defense spending.

Diplomats say that the theme, however, is not “security,” but “the military requirements.” The reason, according to Reuters, is that “the project — is the project, and not the requirements.”

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