Zelenskyy says partnership with Romania key to ‘stability for Europe and beyond’

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest (Andreea Alexandru/AP/PA)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met his counterpart in Romania on Tuesday for talks on regional security and to strengthen bilateral ties against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of his country.

He described the partnership between the two countries as key to “stability for Europe and beyond” on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, after meeting President Klaus Iohannis in the capital, Bucharest.