Romania-Georgia. Romanian president Klaus Iohannis said after talks in Bucharest with visiting Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili that Romania is one of the staunchest supporters of Georgia’s aspirations for European and euro-Atlantic integration. The Georgian president thanked Bucharest for its support and condemned, alongside president Iohannis, Russia’s actions in Ukraine, expressing solidarity with Kyiv. Iohannis also said Romania is working with Georgia and other partner states to carry out major strategic projects, one priority being the construction of an underwater optical fibre cable between the two countries to develop the digital connectivity between the EU, Georgia and, farther afield, in Central Asia. The two presidents also signed a joint declaration on the creation of a strategic partnership between Romania and Georgia.
Moldova. The foreign minister of the Republic of Moldova Nicu Popescu has urgently summoned the Russian ambassador to Chișinău Oleg Vasnetsov to demand explanations about the launch of three cruise missiles against Ukraine from Russian military ships in the Black Sea that crossed Moldovan airspace. The Moldovan foreign ministry says the Republic of Moldova views this incident as extremely grave and regrettable and one that could cause additional tension. Violating our national airspace is completely unacceptable and the shelling of the neighbouring country must immediately stop, said the Moldovan foreign ministry in a statement. The country’s president Maia Sandu also strongly condemned what she described as Russia’s criminal attacks against different regions in Ukraine.
