Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă in Poland: „We are looking at solutions for the energy situation / We will support Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine for accession to the EU”

Nicolae Ciucă, alongside ministers from his cabinet, was in Poland on Thursday, where he was received by his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki.

Prime Minister Ciucă said that they discussed the refugees that the two countries receive, but also the support for Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine in joining the European Union.

Ciucă said the two delegations also discussed the need to identify solutions to the energy situation in Europe.

Key statements:

• Together we expressed our support for the Ukrainian people, for the Ukrainian government, so that together we can ensure the necessary support for the large wave of refugees coming to Romania and Poland.
• We discussed internal, institutional mechanisms and EU mechanisms that we can access.
• We discussed all the measures that have been taken so that we can strengthen deterrence and defense on the Eastern flank.
• We have measures that we have worked out together, there is a Polish military structure, a structure that is part of the battle group (…)
• We have obtained the agreement of the Polish Prime Minister for a sub-unit to be part of the French-led NATO battle group in Romania.
• Today’s discussions also allowed us to review the progress made by our countries and allowed us to set a whole series of benchmarks, agreeing that together we will see what was discussed and signed today through to fruition.
• We discussed the issues of what we can do together to solve the energy and gas situation, and we sought together to find solutions.
• We decided to continue to support Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine for EU membership.

Translated from Romanian