President Pavel to attend summits in Bratislava and Bucharest next week

President Petr Pavel will meet next Tuesday in Bratislava with his Slovak and Austrian counterparts at a summit of the Slavkov Format. He will then travel to Romania for the Bucharest Nine (B9) summit.

While in Slovakia the president and his counterparts will discuss issues such as energy security, the B9 countries will focus on preparations for the July summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), including defence spending and support for Ukraine.

Pavel will fly to Bratislava on Tuesday morning. Together with Slovak President Peter Pellegrini and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, he will discuss current foreign policy issues, including energy security, during a working lunch aboard a boat cruising on the Danube.