Established in 2022 following the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, European Political Community brings together leaders from the EU and beyond to discuss the future of the continent
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Moldova's President Maia Sandu at a welcome ceremony during a meeting of the European Political Community at Mimi Castle in Bulboaca, Moldova June 1, 2023. / Photo: Reuters
The meeting of the European Political Community, a pan-continental gathering of heads of state and government from 47 countries, brings together leaders from European Union nations and others to the 27-member bloc's south and east — a region pushed to a turning point in its relationship with Moscow by Russia's attack on Ukraine last year.
The choice to hold the summit in Moldova, a former Soviet republic of around 2.6 million people, is seen as a message to the Kremlin both from the EU and the pro-Western Moldovan government, which received EU candidate status in June of last year at the same time as Ukraine. “It’s important that this message reaches Russia," Borrell said."Russia is not here, not because we don’t want to invite Russia, but because Putin’s Russia was excluded from this community by launching this attack, this war — unjustified — against Ukraine.”
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