{"id":5740,"date":"2023-04-13T16:31:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T16:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5740"},"modified":"2023-04-13T16:32:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T16:32:03","slug":"ukraine-romania-moldova-strengthen-ties-at-security-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/ukraine-romania-moldova-strengthen-ties-at-security-conference\/2023\/04\/13\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Romania, Moldova Strengthen Ties at Security Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUCHAREST,<\/span> ROMANIA<\/span> (AFP)<\/span> –<\/span> Neighboring<\/span> countries<\/span> Romania,<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> and<\/span> Moldova<\/span> will<\/span> discuss<\/span> ways<\/span> to<\/span> strengthen<\/span> security<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> region<\/span> to<\/span> counter<\/span> the<\/span> threat<\/span> posed<\/span> by<\/span> Russian<\/span> aggression<\/span>\u00a0after<\/span> a <\/span>meeting<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Romanian<\/span> capital.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> Security<\/span> Conference<\/span> in<\/span> Bucharest<\/span> brought<\/span> together<\/span> the<\/span> three<\/span> foreign<\/span> and<\/span> defense<\/span> ministers,<\/span> government<\/span> officials<\/span> and<\/span> international<\/span> partners.<\/span> Its<\/span> purpose<\/span> was<\/span> to<\/span> address<\/span> the<\/span> far-reaching<\/span> effects<\/span> of<\/span> Moscow’s<\/span> war<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> region.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>NATO<\/span> member<\/span> Romania’s<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Bogdan<\/span> Aurescu<\/span> has<\/span> called<\/span> Russia<\/span> the<\/span> “most<\/span> direct<\/span> and<\/span> serious<\/span> threat”<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> region<\/span> and<\/span> Western<\/span> allies,<\/span> while<\/span> Moldova,<\/span> which<\/span> is<\/span> battling<\/span> war-torn<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> is<\/span> “a<\/span> future<\/span> European<\/span> country.”<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>“Instead<\/span> of<\/span> peace<\/span> and<\/span> stability,<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> region<\/span> has<\/span> become<\/span> a<\/span> prime<\/span> target<\/span> for<\/span> Russian<\/span> aggression,”<\/span> he<\/span> said,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> a<\/span> strong<\/span> NATO<\/span> presence<\/span> there<\/span> was<\/span> “essential.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s<\/span> time<\/span> to<\/span> turn<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> into<\/span> what<\/span> the<\/span> Baltic<\/span> Sea<\/span> has<\/span> become<\/span> for<\/span> NATO,”<\/span> said<\/span> Kuleba,<\/span> referring<\/span> to<\/span> Finland’s<\/span> recent<\/span> entry<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> NATO<\/span> military<\/span> alliance.<\/span> He<\/span> called<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> “decisive<\/span> step<\/span> forward”<\/span> toward<\/span> NATO<\/span> membership.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>After<\/span> signing<\/span> the<\/span> Trilateral<\/span> Declaration<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> Moldova’s<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Nyk<\/span> Popescu<\/span> said<\/span> Moldova<\/span> remained<\/span> the<\/span> target<\/span> of<\/span> “a<\/span> hybrid<\/span> attempt<\/span> to<\/span> destabilize<\/span> our<\/span> country”<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> consequences<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Moscow<\/span> war<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> felt<\/span> by<\/span> non-NATO<\/span> Moldova<\/span> “for<\/span> all<\/span> citizens.”<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Moldova<\/span> has<\/span> faced<\/span> a<\/span> series<\/span> of<\/span> crises<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> past<\/span> year,<\/span> including<\/span> allegations<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> Russian-backed<\/span> destabilization<\/span> program,<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> granted<\/span> European<\/span> Union<\/span> (EU)<\/span> candidacy<\/span> last<\/span> June,<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> day<\/span> as<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> addition<\/span> to<\/span> security<\/span> issues,<\/span> 14<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> security<\/span> conferences<\/span> 12-13<\/span> discussed<\/span> topics<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> free<\/span> trade<\/span> and<\/span> facilitation<\/span> of<\/span> energy<\/span> transport<\/span> routes.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Officials<\/span> also<\/span> discussed<\/span> the<\/span> importance<\/span> of<\/span> countering<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> cyberwarfare<\/span> efforts.<\/span> Romania’s<\/span> Aurescu<\/span> said<\/span> Moscow<\/span> was<\/span> “organizing<\/span> (attacks)<\/span> against<\/span> the<\/span> region,<\/span> Europe<\/span> and<\/span> its<\/span> allies.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA (AFP) – Neighboring countries Romania, Ukraine and Moldova will discuss ways to strengthen security in the Black Sea region to counter the threat posed by Russian aggression\u00a0after a meeting in the Romanian capital.\u00a0 The Black Sea Security Conference in Bucharest brought together the three foreign and defense ministers, government officials and international partners. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,24,26,2482],"tags":[3799,3800,3801,3802,933,1083,1226,1228,1312,1895,1962,1965,2946,3150,3704],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ukrinemoldv.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5742,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740\/revisions\/5742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}