{"id":176959,"date":"2025-06-11T23:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176959\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T23:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:50:13","slug":"zelenskyy-holds-key-talks-with-southeast-european-leaders-on-eu-path-regional-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176959\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy holds key talks with Southeast European leaders on EU path, regional security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISTANBUL <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that he held talks with leaders from Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania and Serbia during the Ukraine-Southeast Europe Summit, focusing on regional security, energy cooperation and Ukraine\u2019s path to European Union membership.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said he met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov to discuss bilateral ties, Black Sea security and energy cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have fulfilled the necessary conditions and expect the opening of the negotiating clusters in the near future,\u201d he said, thanking Bulgaria for its \u201creal support\u201d through 11 defense aid packages.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian leader also held a first trilateral meeting with Moldovan President Maia Sandu and Romanian President Nicusor Dan, underlining joint efforts to counter Russian hybrid threats, cyberattacks and military aggression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with Romania, we will certainly help Moldova in resisting Russia\u2019s destructive influence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy added that they discussed energy, military cooperation, infrastructure and mobility improvements, noting that sanctions and their role in the peace process were addressed separately.<\/p>\n<p>He also met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, whose first visit to Ukraine Zelenskyy called \u201ctruly important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The talks covered EU integration, bilateral ties and Serbia\u2019s initiative to assist with the reconstruction of Ukrainian settlements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe value Serbia\u2019s support for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that he held talks with leaders from Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[5340,13489,2000,299,5187,13491,1438,6567,657,73066,2601],"class_list":{"0":"post-176959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-bulgaria","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-moldova","14":"tag-romania","15":"tag-serbia","16":"tag-ukraine","17":"tag-ukraine-southeast-europe-summit","18":"tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114667416689656344","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}