ForMin Cristian Diaconescu pays working visit to Warsaw

Bucharest, May 20 /Agerpres/ - Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu, during a working visit to Warsaw, met with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorsky on Wednesday. The main topics approached during the talks included the developments in the European Union's eastern neighbourhood, with special emphasis on the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine and the bilateral cooperation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

The two foreign ministers highlighted the importance of an attitude in keeping with the European norms on behalf of the states seeking a closer relation with the European Union as well as the need for these states to prove they are capable of acting as generators of regional stability, in the spirit of the good neighbourliness relations. They said the Eastern Partnership is an opportunity to determine the states the initiative is aimed at, namely the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Belarus to hold a more sustained dialogue with the EU.

'The visit paid to Warsaw is relevant for the traditional interest Romania and Poland show in the developments in the eastern space and it happens at a moment when, after the launch of the Eastern Partnership, the states in the EU's eastern neighbourhood need support to carry out the deep reforms on their way to the democratization and the consolidation of the institutions of the state of law and the observance of the human rights and the fundamental freedoms,' Minister Diaconescu said.

With respect to the bilateral relation, Diaconescu and Sikorsky discussed the project of launching the strategic partnership insisting on the consultations on the relevant European files on issues such as the energy, the Common Agriculture Policy and the budget reform.

The Romanian top diplomat presented his Polish counterpart the project of the European Strategy aimed at the Danube basin and he asked the Warsaw Administration's support for its enactment within the European Union.

The Romanian foreign minister approached similar topics during his talks with the Polish President's foreign policy advisor Mariusz Handzlik.

[Source: Romanian National News Agency AGERPRES ]