The Romanian side expected that the U.S. president, in gratitude for providing the Constanta airbase for the operation in the Middle East, would respond by attending the event, but now they hope that at least Secretary of State Rubio will accept the invitation, writes observatornews.ro.
The Bucharest Nine (B9, Bucharest Nine) is an international initiative created in 2015 at the initiative of Poland and Romania. It brings together nine NATO member states from Central and Eastern Europe to deepen military cooperation, ensure security on the alliance’s eastern flank and coordinate positions before NATO summits.
In addition to Romania, it includes Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
In 2023, Joe Biden came to the Nine summit in Warsaw.
