Biden to join eastern European NATO states summit, focus seen on Ukraine

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BUCHAREST — U.S. President Joe Biden will join a virtual summit of eastern European NATO states held in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Monday, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said, with a focus on security in the Black Sea region and Ukraine.

The summit of the Bucharest Nine, a group of European countries on the eastern edge of NATO, will be jointly hosted by Iohannis and Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and aims at coordinating the security positions of countries in the region.

“Glad to welcome Joe Biden to the Bucharest9 Summit which I host in Bucharest today,” Iohannis said on his Twitter account.

“Together with President Andrzej Duda we’ll also welcome… Jens Stol…

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