{"id":3881,"date":"2025-02-26T07:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3881"},"modified":"2025-02-26T07:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:59:17","slug":"romanias-acting-president-and-european-council-chief-talk-regional-security-ukraine-in-phone-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3881","title":{"rendered":"Romania&#8217;s acting president and European Council chief talk regional security, Ukraine in phone conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s acting president, <strong>Ilie Bolojan<\/strong>, held a phone conversation on Tuesday, February 25, with European Council president Ant\u00f3nio Costa to discuss key issues on the European agenda, focusing on regional security and the EU\u2019s continued support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Bolojan reaffirmed Romania\u2019s commitment to a unified and coordinated EU approach, welcoming the upcoming extraordinary European Council meeting on March 6 as a necessary step in addressing the current challenges, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ro\/ro\/media\/comunicate-de-presa\/convorbirea-telefonica-a-presedintelui-interimar-al-romaniei-ilie-bolojan-cu-presedintele-consiliului-european-antonio-costa\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> from the Romanian Presidential Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders reviewed topics set for discussion at the upcoming EU summit, which will focus on strengthening European defense policies and maintaining support for Ukraine. Bolojan informed Costa of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romania-political-consultation-eu-summit-ukraine-feb-2025\" target=\"_blank\">consultations with Romanian political parties<\/a> to establish the country\u2019s position for the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In the same conversation with the European Council chief, Ilie Bolojan also emphasized Romania\u2019s priorities in European affairs, particularly the importance of regional stability given the country\u2019s proximity to Ukraine and Moldova, both affected by the war started by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding peace negotiations in Ukraine, Bolojan stressed the need to represent European interests, including those of neighboring states like Romania.<\/p>\n<p>Costa reiterated the EU\u2019s commitment to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, highlighting that any peace agreement must respect Ukraine\u2019s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity while ensuring strong security guarantees. He also stressed that negotiations to end the war must involve both Ukraine and the European Union to maintain credibility.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders agreed to continue their dialogue in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Presidency.ro)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s acting president, Ilie Bolojan, held a phone conversation on Tuesday, February 25, with European Council president Ant\u00f3nio Costa to discuss key issues on the European agenda, focusing on regional security and the EU\u2019s continued support for Ukraine. Bolojan reaffirmed Romania\u2019s commitment to a unified and coordinated EU approach, welcoming the upcoming extraordinary European Council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}