VISEGRAD BLOG: Carpathian Eight Adds to Central Europe's Increasingly Crowded Network of Alliances
The initiative includes 90 projects worth $10.7 billion and is designed to expand security, trade and investment ties across the Carpathian region.
- On Friday, Sept. 18, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy launched the Carpathian Eight in Bukovel, Ukraine, establishing a regional cooperation format uniting eight European countries and the European Union.
- Marking the first time all Carpathian countries gathered in Ukraine, organizers present the C8 as a platform for security and economic development rather than a military alliance.
- The initiative's investment program includes 90 projects totaling $10.7 billion, with 33 energy projects worth about $7.28 billion, transport initiatives of about $1.05 billion, and 17 industrial projects valued at about $782 million.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attended amid concerns over Russian hybrid threats against NATO's eastern flank, while Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic joined to discuss transport, infrastructure, and regional stability.
- Participants agreed to strengthen cross-border cooperation and support Ukraine on its path to European Union accession, as Zelenskyy pledged to mobilize resources for Carpathian mountain community infrastructure and social challenges.
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VISEGRAD BLOG: Carpathian Eight adds to Central Europe's increasingly crowded network of alliances
Ukraine has launched a new regional grouping bringing together eight countries around the Carpathian region, seeking to turn wartime trade links and security cooperation into a longer-term framework.
Ukraine and its partners have launched Carpathian Integration Initiative, – Zelenskyy. VIDEO
As part of the first Carpathian Eight summit, the Carpathian Integration Initiative was launched. Its participants discussed cross-border cooperation and joint projects. 19 september 2026
The new cooperation format "Carpathian Eight" (C8) was officially launched at the Bukovel macro-regional economic forum. The initiative unites Ukraine, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Austria and Serbia. The countries of the region declared their full readiness to hold meetings in this format annually to ensure long-term stability and security in Central and Eastern Europe. The Carpathians as a new pillar of European ener…
The initiative, which brings together all the Carpathian States, involves cooperation in the areas of security, energy, logistics and economics.
New regional cooperation format, launched at a summit in Kiev and centred on the Carpathians, aims to enhance relations between Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary
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