The president of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, will attend the NATO Summit in Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. The summit will consist of three high-level NATO meetings in the NATO-Ukraine, NATO-EU and NATO-Indo-Pacific formats.
The president will highlight the importance of implementing the decisions of the NATO summit in Madrid regarding the consolidation of NATO’s deterrence and defense posture on the eastern flank, the presidency reports. Klaus Iohannis will also reiterate robust support for Ukraine, as well as support for Ukraine’s bid to join NATO and for more vulnerable partners, in particular the Republic of Moldova.
President Iohannis will also seek to highlight the importance of the Black Sea region for Euro-Atlantic security in NATO resolutions and documents. On the sidelines of the summit in Lithuania, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expects most allies to express their commitment to increase their defense spending to over 2% of national GDPs starting 2024. Secretary Stoltenberg said that 11 NATO members, including Romania, have already met this target.
Radio Romania International
