The leaders of 44 European countries stretching from Iceland all the way to Turkey met Thursday in what many said was a united stand against Russia's war on Ukraine, as an energy crisis and high inflation fuelled by the conflict wreak havoc on their economies.
The inaugural summit of the European Political Community involves the 27 European Union member countries, aspiring partners in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, as well as neighbours like Britain -- the only country to have left the EU -- and Turkey.Russia is the one major European power not invited, along with its neighbour and supporter in the war Belarus.
Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins said the fallout from Russia's war on Ukraine is something they all have in common. Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal attended the summit, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was expected to address the leaders by video-link. "In the field of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, such a pan-European community already exists: it is the Council of Europe," he said.
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