Iohannis: B9 Format Summit in Bucharest, two weeks before the NATO summit in June

President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday that together with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda decided to hold a B9 summit in Bucharest in preparation for June's NATO summit in Madrid.

"In preparation for the NATO summit to be held in Madrid in June, I and President Duda decided today to hold a B9 Summit in Bucharest, which I will host here, at Cotroceni. We will meet two weeks before the Allied summit to coordinate our positions on the substantial consolidation of the Eastern Flank," the head of state said at the Cotroceni Palace after the meeting with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda.