TALKS

In a recent phone call Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has assured his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky about the continuation of Romania’s staunch support for Ukraine. Iohannis has again condemned the latest intensified Russian attacks against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure. The two heads of state have also talked about the development of the bilateral relations and the priorities for the year 2024 mainly the cross-border projects of mutual interest and the common will to substantially advance in the process of establishing a Strategic Partnership between the two countries. In another development, the Romanian president has hailed the progress made by Ukraine who admitted there is no such thing as the Moldovan language, a syntagm coined in the former Soviet Union and has underlined the importance of observing the rights of the national minorities.