The foreign ministers of NATO member countries, partner countries and of the 2 candidate countries are in Bucharest for a 2-day meeting. It is the first meeting of this kind hosted by Romania since it joined the Alliance and the first event held in a NATO eastern flank country since the start of the war in Ukraine, Romania’s foreign ministry highlighted. The meeting comprises 3 working sessions, 2 of which will be attended by the Allies together with Sweden and Finland. Taking part in the third session will also be the foreign ministers of Bosnia – Herzegovina, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova. The first day of the meeting will conclude with a working dinner attended by the foreign minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, and the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell. The agenda of the meeting in Bucharest includes the implementation of the decisions taken at the NATO summit in Madrid. The war in Ukraine and the provision of long-term political and practical support from the Allies will be the main topic of discussion. Other topics include energy security, China, the strategic importance of the Black Sea region. NATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Bucharest on Monday, and had meetings with president Klaus Iohannis, PM Nicolae Ciucă and the foreign minister Bogdan Aurescu.
