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  • Russia has got the opposite effect

    Russia has got the opposite effect

    Romania is the EU and NATO member with the
    longest border with Ukraine and also a Black Sea riparian country, a region
    affected by the present war, Romanian president Klaus Iohannis told the
    students of the prestigious Columbia University where he was attending the
    World Leaders Forum.


    For this reason, Iohannis went on to say,
    Romania’s prospect over the impact of the war in its strategic vicinity and at
    global level is relevant. According to Iohannis, Russia expected a weak international
    community and a Ukraine, which was supposed to comply with Kremlin’s demands. However,
    through their threats and the subsequent use of force, the Russians have got
    the opposite effect. According to Radio Romania special correspondent, president
    Iohannis says that by invading Ukraine, Russia tries to bring back revisionism to
    international relations as well as the spheres of influence in the global and
    regional politics.


    Moscow, he says, is using outdated concepts
    such as the so-called right of the great powers in order to impose the foreign
    policy directives on smaller states and is at the same time attacking
    democratic values and the rule-based world order.


    The Romanian president has also told the
    students that Romania, as a strategic partner of the US and a NATO ally is now
    at the highest security level in its recent history. We are now having a more
    coherent approach focused on several domains concerning defence in the Eastern
    Flank. We have resorted to concrete measures to step up cooperation with other
    Black Sea allies, mainly with the United States of America – Iohannis went on to say.


    However, Ukraine must win the war commenced
    by Russian Federation and no peace can exist without the restoration of the
    independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of this country. All those
    who committed atrocious crimes in Ukraine and against Ukraine must be brought before
    court. And all the countries with the same outlook have agreed that we must carry
    on our support for Ukraine – the Romanian president pointed out. Both Ukraine,
    and the neighboring Republic of Moldova, an ex-soviet Romanian speaking
    country, must receive complete support for their integration into the European
    Union, Iohannis added. Earlier during the General Assembly of the UN the head
    of the Romanian state said this war proved that the Black Sea needs more
    attention at the global level, being of strategic importance for the
    Transatlantic security. He pledged that Romania would continue to ease the shipments
    of the Ukrainian grain to the world’s markets as they are essential for the
    world food security.


    (bill)

  • Romania – US Strategic Partnership

    Romania – US Strategic Partnership


    Twenty-five years ago, more specifically on 11th July 1997, during a brief official visit to Bucharest by then US president Bill Clinton, the foundation was laid for a new Romanian-American cooperation. The partnership focused on strengthening bilateral relations, on supporting Romanias reform and Euro-Atlantic integration efforts, on promoting its role as a stability and security pillar in south-eastern Europe.



    The Romanian foreign ministry emphasises that at the time of its signing, the Strategic Partnership was a key element in the relations between the two countries and at the same time an efficient tool to support Romanias political, economic, military and administrative reform efforts.



    Fourteen years later, on 13th September, the Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership for the 21st Century Between the United States of America and Romania was adopted in Washington. An important document for the bilateral relations, it confirmed the good cooperation within the Partnership and defined the key elements of these relations: political dialogue, security, economy, grassroots contacts, science and technology, research, education and culture.



    To mark the 25 years of Partnership, Romanias ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, was received by US president Joe Biden, who thanked Romania for the support provided to Ukraine since the start of Russias invasion. Andrei Muraru conveyed a message from president Klaus Iohannis, along with the desire to further strengthen this partnership.



    In a Facebook post that includes two photos with the White House leader, Andrei Muraru says that Romania is the strongest ally of the US in the region, but that the Black Sea region is, at present, the most vulnerable area in NATO.



    “If Russia is the main imminent and direct threat to us and our neighbours, the response can only be an even more robust US military presence in the region, particularly in Romania,ˮ Andrei Muraru says in his post.



    On the other hand, in the economic sector, president Klaus Iohannis Sunday welcomed his US counterpart Joe Bidens announcement regarding the USD 14-million funding provided by Washington for a new stage of the small modular reactor programme in Romania.



    “Ensuring energy security is a shared goal in the Romania-US strategic partnership,” Klaus Iohannis pointed out. In turn, PM Nicolae Ciucă said the decision of the US to finance the engineering and design study for the development of SMRs in Romania is a core element for the development of the national civilian nuclear programme. (AMP)