NATO's Stoltenberg meets presidents on alliance's east flank in Slovakia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met the presidents of the alliance's eastern flank at a summit in the Slovakian city of Kosice on Thursday. Slovak President Andrej Kiska greeted Stoltenberg as well as his counterparts from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania, before all ten posed for a family photo. Stoltenberg and the presidents in attendance were set to discuss the current security situation in Europe. The meeting also marked the anniversaries of the attending countries joining NATO. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland joined the alliance in 1999. Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia joined in 2004.