The Prime Ministers of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu and of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, signed a political statement in Bucharest on Friday over strengthening bilateral cooperation with a view to easing the transit of goods from Ukraine. The two have also initialed two agreements on the mutual recognition of education diplomas and the opening of a new border checkpoint between the two countries at Sighetul Marmatiei – Bila Tserkva. Romania intends to provide for the transit of over 60 % of the grain Ukraine is exporting on the international market, Marcel Ciolacu says. On the other hand, he recalled that Bucharest wants for the Romanian minority in Ukraine the same rights, the Ukrainian minority has in Romania. In turn, Denys Shmyhal has thanked Romania for its solidarity in the war against Russia, for easing the transit of Ukrainian grain as well as for the Romanian support for Ukraine’s European integration. He has also thanked Romania for receiving the refugees fleeing the Russian aggression and for training Ukrainian servicemen on its territory.
