Biden to B9: 'More important we stand together'
President Joe Biden hailed the strength of the Bucharest Nine nations on Wednesday as he met with the leaders of the countries on NATO's eastern flank. "Today, as we approach the one year anniversary of Russia's further invasion, it's even more important that we continue to stand together," Biden told them in opening remarks. "And I think this is proof of just how strongly we feel." Biden was wrapping up a whirlwind, four-day visit to Poland and Ukraine with talks with leaders from the Bucharest Nine, a collection of nations in the most eastern parts of the NATO alliance that came together in response to Putin's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. As the war in Ukraine drags on, the Bucharest Nine countries’ anxieties have remained heightened. Many worry Putin could move to take military action against them next if he’s successful in Ukraine. The alliance includes Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
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President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a "big mistake" by suspending his country's participation in the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty.
