MEETING

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis will be attending a low-scale meeting aimed at preparing the upcoming NATO summit. The meeting is being staged by the Dutch and Danish Prime Ministers and will be attended by the Prime Ministers of Belgium, Latvia, Poland and Portugal as well as by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Participants will be focusing on coordinating the positions and joint messages of the allied countries ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid late this month. Talks are expected to focus on the situation in Ukraine, the consolidation of the deterrence & defence posture on NATO’s eastern flank, the alliance’s new strategic concept and the accession prospects of Sweden and Finland.