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Giving Ukraine EU candidate status would help to strengthen and defend European values

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Romanian President Klaus Iohannis asked the European Union to award Ukraine candidacy status. He emphasized that “there is no time for hesitating.” Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi all spoke beside him. While speaking alongside his Ukrainian, French, German, and Italian counterparts during a historic visit to Kyiv on … Read more

US secretary of defense says to deepen military cooperation with Romania in Black Sea region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin shake hands during a meeting in Kiev on October 19, 2021.

BUCHAREST — Visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pledged here on Wednesday to continue to work with partners in the Black Sea region. “We will continue to have about 1,000 soldiers, through rotation, in Romania,” Austin said at a joint press conference with his Romanian counterpart Nicolae Ciuca. “The U.S. will continue to provide … Read more