President Pellegrini Leaves for Bucharest Nine Summit in Vilnius

Bratislava, 2 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini left for the Bucharest Nine (B9) summit in Vilnius on Monday morning. The meeting of the leaders of NATO's eastern flank countries is taking place in the context of preparations for the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague. Pellegrini will deliver 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. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will take part in them as well. "The strengthening of collective defence, NATO's adaptation to new security threats and the consolidation of the European pillar within the Alliance will be high on the agenda of discussions," TASR has learnt from the President Office's communications department. ko