EUROPEAN COUNCIL

Romania’s president, Klaus Iohannis, on Tuesday attended a videoconference with the European Council president, Charles Michel, and a group of European leaders ahead of the extraordinary European Council meeting scheduled on Thursday and Friday in Brussels. „In today’s preliminary meeting, hosted by the European Council president, we primarily focused on assistance to Ukraine at all levels, on consolidating the competitiveness of EU economy and on implementing clear-cut measures designed to combat illegal migration”, the president wrote on social media. The European Council is set to convene in Brussels in a special summit to address Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine, the latest economic developments at EU level and migration-related topics.