Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau (R) and his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu address a joint press conference following a plenary session of the Bucharest Nine B9 Ministerial Meeting in Lodz, Poland on 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)