Africa Day. The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hailed the celebration of Africa Day on May 25, a symbol of African unity and the importance of this continent globally. This year, the African Union has set as theme for the day ‘Strengthening resilience in nutrition and food security on the African continent’. The issue is all the more important in the context of Russia’s illegal, unjustified and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, which has complex consequences, including from the perspective of food security, for many states in various regions of the world, many close partners of Romania and the European Union, the Rumanian Foreign Ministry has said. In this context, the diplomacy in Bucharest reiterates the call for solidarity, cooperation and coordination, which must be assumed by the entire international community and by all UN member states, in order to ensure global food security and thus respect universal human rights. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalls that, in the last weeks, as a result of the war in Ukraine, the Romanian port of Constanta, on the Black Sea, has become one of the main gateways for the transport of Ukrainian cereals to third markets. To date, more than 240,000 tons of grain have been exported from Ukraine via Constanta.
Visit. On Wednesday, Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, was received by president Klaus Iohannis and met with Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and the Custodian of the Crown of Romania, Princess Margaret. He also visited a Ukrainian refugee center. Prince Charles has been visiting Romanian for 20 years now and he owns several properties here. He is a major promoter of Romania’s unique heritage and biodiversity. This is his first visit in three years due to the pandemic.
Refugees. More than 9,000 Ukrainian citizens have entered neighboring Romania in the last 24 hours, up 8.5% from the previous day – the General Inspectorate of the Border Police has today reported. According to an IGPF communiqué, on Wednesday, within 24 hours, at national level, 75,907 people entered Romania through its border crossing points, out of which 9,049 Ukrainian citizens. More than 6.6 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion three months ago.
(Radio Romania International)
