# Zelensky announces ‘Carpathian Eight’ as Tusk and Vučić attend first summit

https://mins.news/en/item/64411

- Meduza, 2026-09-18 14:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/18/zelensky-announces-new-carpathian-eight-tusk-and-vucic-attend-its-first-summit-but-fico-doesn-t

> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the “Carpathian Eight,” a new format joining Ukraine with Romania, Serbia, Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, Austria, Hungary and the European Union. Its first summit opened in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk region, attended by Donald Tusk, Aleksandar Vučić and Nicușor Dan. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico did not attend, with Slovakia represented at a lower diplomatic level.

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