Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis is attending, on Thursday and Friday, the European Council meeting in Brussels. The US President Joe Biden has also been invited at the meeting as a confirmation of the tight Transatlantic coordination against the security background created by the Russian aggression in Ukraine. High on the agenda are the latest security developments in Ukraine with emphasis on the EU political, financial, material and humanitarian assistance to this country. Participants will also tackle ways of providing assistance to the Ukrainian refugees, as well as the Strategic Compass, an instrument aimed at providing a roadmap in terms of security and defense at EU level. The European Council will also approach the energy prices situation and the measures to support the most vulnerable categories and the business environment, on short term.