President to Attend Bucharest Nine Summit on Monday

Bratislava, 31 May (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini is due to attend the Bucharest Nine (B9) summit in Vilnius on Monday (2 June), the President Office's communications department told TASR, adding that the meeting of the leaders of NATO's eastern flank countries takes place in the context of preparations for the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague. According to the President's Office, Pellegrini will make a speech at the plenary session in which he'll present Slovakia's position on NATO's strategic direction and defence investments. In addition to the B9 leaders, representatives of the Nordic allies - Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland - will attend the talks at the invitation of Lithuania. "The main agenda of the discussions will be the strengthening of collective defence, NATO's adaptation to new security threats and the consolidation of the European pillar within the Alliance," said the communications department. am