A draft declaration ahead of the next week’s summit in the Hague confirms that Albania will host the NATO Summit in 2027.

The draft, seen by the by Radio Free Europe, states that alliance leaders will gather in Albania following the 2026 summit in Turkey.

“We express our gratitude for the warm hospitality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. We look forward to our next meeting in Turkey in 2026, followed by a meeting in Albania,” the document says.

The draft also outlines renewed commitments to collective defense under Article 5, increased defense spending to 5% of the GDP by 2032, and expanded support for Ukraine.

This will be Albania’s first time hosting the NATO summit since joining the alliance in 2009.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who recently secured a fourth term in office, had announced last summer that Albania would host the 2027 NATO Summit.

In May, Albania hosted a major political gathering – the European Political Community Summit- bringing together top European leaders in Tirana.

NATO maintains an air base in Albania, located in Kuçovë—the only one of its kind in the Western Balkans. The base was inaugurated in March 2024 following an investment of around 50 million euros from NATO and more than 5 million euros from the Albanian government.

Albania is also in talks with NATO to build a naval base at Porto Romano on the Adriatic coast.

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Radio Free Europe reported that diplomatic sources in the European Union confirmed they’ve seen the plan and that the text has been drafted very seriously and carefully and it is a text of the highest quality.

According to the EU sources, “the text is being carefully examined.”

Asked if the draft will be taken into consideration to push dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo, sources said the text is considered as a contribution, the same as other proposals made so far by different NGOs.

“It doesn’t matter how the EU will handle this draft, but how both parties, namely Pristina and Belgrade, would handle it. It is up to them, within the dialogue process, to advance towards the fulfillment of this obligation,” an EU diplomat told Radio Free Europe.

Prime Minister Edi Rama told a press conference a day ago that he has presented a proposal to French President Emmanuel Macron, and Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz, for the establishment of Kosovo’s Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities.

Rama said that “the document is a confidential and it does not pretend to be an ideal solution but I assure you that it is of the highest international standard and it takes into consideration all the reasons for the creation of the Association as part of organization of life for the Republic of Kosovo, addressing all the recommendations and the conclusions of Kosovo’s Constitutional Court.”

The government of Kosovo has yet to issue a statement on the draft proposed by Albania.

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