Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, participated on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, in Bucharest, in the G7+ format meeting at the level of foreign ministers, held on the sidelines of the NATO ministerial meeting. The event was held in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs UkraineDmytro Kuleba.

“It is for the first time that a G7 Meeting is hosted by Romania and also this is the first time that Romania is invited to participate in a G7 meeting, through Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu. Thus, the essential role of Romania in facilitating the support granted by the international community is reconfirmed Ukraine.

The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Annalena Baerbok, and was held in the presence of the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, being focused on identifying solutions for restoring the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, significantly affected by the recent Russian missile attacks” , announced on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

The event was held in a hybrid format. It was attended by Ministers of Foreign Affairs or other high representatives from the G7 state (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, USA), as well as from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia , Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, together with representatives of NATO, representatives of the European Union (EU), representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and World Bank.

Ukraine and Republic of Moldova must improve connections with the EU

“In his intervention, the head of Romanian diplomacy, Bogdan Aurescu, highlighted the importance of solidarity and joint efforts to strengthen the energy security of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, in order to build a more resilient, integrated and stable regional energy sector.

He showed that, against the background of the critical developments caused by the Russian aggression against Ukraine, Romania contributes directly to finding the solution for most regional energy problems, such as ensuring about 80% of the total electricity consumption needs of Republic of Moldova.

He stressed that the effort of the international community must be urgently directed to the repair of the electricity transmission infrastructure in Ukraine, as well as to address the structural problems that currently limit the options for granting emergency aid to Ukraine through the provision of electricity. He emphasized the difficulties encountered by the Republic of Moldova as a result of the bombings in Ukraine and showed that there is a need for connections between Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova with the EU.

Minister Bogdan Aurescu evoked, in this context, the meeting in Odesa, on September 15, 2022, of the Trilateral format, initiated by the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, to which the Ministers of Energy from the two countries. three states and within which common lines of action were agreed for the development of interconnectivity and the consolidation of the energy security of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, in the medium and long term.

On a broader level, Minister Bogdan Aurescu reconfirmed Romania’s commitment to participating in the reconstruction of Ukraine, including the rehabilitation of its energy system, as well as to the active involvement of the efforts undertaken in this regard in the European and Euro-Atlantic formats of dialogue and coordination”, he writes . in a press release issued on Tuesday by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE).