The Romanian diplomacy chief Bogdan Aurescu took part on Monday in Brussels in an informal meeting concerning the future of the Eastern Partnership, organised at the initiative of Minister Aurescu and his counterparts from Czechia, Sweden and Poland, and in a meeting of the Eastern Partnership foreign ministers. In his addresses, Bogdan Aurescu pleaded for revitalising the Eastern Partnership and for adapting it to the new regional context, and reiterated Romania’s firm and continuing support for it. He argued that the Eastern Partnership can make a significant contribution to strengthening the stability, security and prosperity in the Eastern Neighbourhood, by consolidating regional cooperation, the security and resilience of partners and through an adequate joint response to the challenges facing the region. Mr. Aurescu also emphasised that in the new context generated by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, a more robust and more efficient security dimension of the Eastern Partnership is necessary.
