Zelenskyy arrives in Vilnius for Bucharest Nine summit

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Lithuania on Monday 2 June to attend the Bucharest Nine (B9) summit.

Source: Lithuanian broadcaster LRT, as reported by European Pravda

Details: The Ukrainian president landed at Vilnius Airport at approximately 10:38.

According to LRT, Zelenskyy will attend the Bucharest Nine and Nordic Summit in Vilnius.

Countries in the region are organising the meeting to coordinate their positions ahead of the NATO Summit in The Hague. Further support for Ukraine is expected to be discussed at the summit.

The Bucharest Nine was established in 2015 as a format for cooperation in the security sphere. Its members are Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Within this format, meetings are held at the level of leaders, foreign ministers and defence ministers.

Background:

• Earlier, it was reported that because of US President Donald Trump, NATO is preparing a mini-declaration for the summit in The Hague, likely without mentioning Ukraine.
• There have also been reports that the US is opposed to Zelenskyy being invited to the NATO summit. However, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has denied these reports.

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