Foreign ministers of (from L) Czech Jan Lipavsky, Romania Bogdan Aurescu, Bulgaria Nikolay Milkov, Hungary Peter Szijjarto and Angus Lapsley - NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning are seen before the family photo of Foreign Ministers of the Bucharest Nine (B9) countries, Lodz, Poland, March 31, 2023. - Foreign Ministers of the Bucharest Nine - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary - will focus on security in Central and Eastern Europe. Delegates from US, Spain, Sweden, Finland, and NATO are also expected to attend. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)