The annual summit of the Bucharest Nine took place today in Bucharest
The group deals solely with military issues & was created by 9 NATO states near Russia after Moscow’s attack on Ukraine in 2014
This year’s summit was expanded as Ukraine & Nordic-Baltic 8 were also invited.
The leaders of these states met today to coordinate their positions ahead of the annual NATO summit, which will take place in Ankara on July 7-8.
Zelensky also attended the meeting and initiated new drone technology deals with Bucharest 9 countries.
Sadly, Moldova was not represented at the summit.
Bucharest 9:
🇵🇱 Poland
🇷🇴 Romania
🇨🇿 Czechia
🇸🇰 Slovakia
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇪🇪 Eatonia
🇱🇻 Latvia
🇱🇹 Lithuania
Nordic-Baltic 8:
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇫🇮 Finland
🇳🇴 Norway
🇳🇴 Denmark
🇮🇸 Iceland (+the 3 Baltic states)
Special guests
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇺🇸 USA
NATO (Mark Rutte)