TIRANA, July 7 – Prime Minister Edi Rama travels to Ankara this Tuesday to attend the NATO summit, scheduled for July 7-8.

According to Turkish media reports, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold bilateral meetings with leaders of 32 countries, including PM Rama.

The Turkish president is expected to meet with United States President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and European Council President Antonio Costa.

The meetings will also include Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev, and Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajic.

Meanwhile, Erdogan and Trump will hold one of the key meetings of the summit. The two leaders will meet one-on-one before a joint press conference.

Later on Tuesday evening, Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdoğan will host an official dinner for participating leaders. On Wednesday, July 8, NATO leaders will hold the summit’s plenary session after the traditional family photo.

The summit agenda will focus on strengthening NATO’s defence capabilities, increasing defence spending, the war in Ukraine, and wider Euro-Atlantic security challenges. Leaders from all 32 NATO member states will attend, along with ministers, senior diplomats, and representatives of international organisations.

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