At the informal meeting staged in Athens by the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on the bloc’s enlargement towards the Western Balkans, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has presented Romania’s support for Ukraine, as well as the challenges the Romanian farmers are facing against the background of the situation caused by the Ukrainian grain exports and has proposed the setting up of a European mechanism to manage these exports. He has also briefed the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on the situation at Romania’s borders, adding that the country needs additional financial support in order to step up the process of streamlining its infrastructure. Ciolacu has also requested the European official to step up joint efforts for Romania’s accession to Schengen. In Athens, the Romanian official also held talks with his Greek counterpart as well as with president Zelenski to whom he has given assurances that Romania supports Ukraine until its final victory and after that for the country’s reconstruction.
