Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky as well as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will attend the Vilnius Summit on Monday, June 2, the presidential office said on Wednesday.
President Gitanas Nausėda will host the Vilnius Summit at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, inviting heads of state from NATO’s eastern and northern flanks. Representatives from the so-called Bucharest Nine countries (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia), as well as from the Nordic nations (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) and Ukraine, are coming to Lithuania.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will also be attending the summit.
The meeting will focus on strengthening the security and defence of the alliance’s eastern flank and preparations for the NATO Summit to be held in The Hague June 24–25.
“Further support to Ukraine will be discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,” the presidential office said.
The Bucharest Nine initiative is a nine-country political cooperation platform to strengthen the Euro-Atlantic security of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The format was initiated at the 2015 Bucharest Summit.
It was established in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
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