Summit – Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis will attend a meeting of the Bucharest Nine leaders’ summit in Bratislava on Tuesday, which he is co-chairing together with the presidents of Slovakia, Zuzana Caputova, and Poland, Andrzej Duda. The meeting will also be attended by NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. According to a statement from the Romanian president’s office, the meeting, which is held less than a month before the NATO summit in Vilnius, will provide an opportunity for an exchange of views with regard to the priorities on the allied agenda and the major objectives, with emphasis on the consolidation of NATO’s deterrence and defence posture on the eastern flank and boosting cooperation with Ukraine. Special attention will be given to the vulnerable partners in the region, such as the ex-Soviet, majority Romanian-speaking Republic of Moldova, which is facing growing security challenges.
