Romania wants an active role in the reconstruction of Ukraine

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu discussed on Wednesday, at the Victoria Palace, with the US Special Representative for the economic recovery of Ukraine, Penny Pritzker, about “the role that Romania can play in the process of recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine considered at the international level after the war started by Russia ends”.

“We are at a stage of identifying the most effective methods of support and transposing them into an integrated strategy for the reconstruction of Ukraine, in which Romania wants to play an important role”, declared Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu.

The Romanian Prime Minister also conveyed that “in the perspective of preparing and starting this process of reconstruction of Ukraine, Romania takes into account the EU mechanism for Ukraine, worth 50 billion euros, as the main benchmark, and proposes to carry out actions in the plan bilaterally, through direct collaboration with Ukraine, but also within extended formats, at regional level or together with strategic partners”.

The Head of the Romanian Executive added that Romania’s approach is based on the idea that the actions of the states that will be involved in the reconstruction of Ukraine must be complementary, not competitive, and that this process involves a long-term effort and the coordination of the entire international community, in which the role and the involvement of the United States remains essential.

The perspective of the European integration of Ukraine should guide the whole process of reconstruction of this country, the participants of the discussion also conveyed. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu emphasized that “a strategic objective of Romania is also the connection of the Republic of Moldova to this reconstruction effort aimed primarily at Ukraine, considering that the Republic of Moldova was affected by the conflict and both states need support for the European path which they assumed”.

The US ambassador to Bucharest, HE Kathleen Kavalec, also participated in the meeting, and the Romanian government delegation included Deputy Prime Minister Marian Neacșu, the head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery Alexandru-Mihai Ghigiu and State Councilor Nicolae Comănescu.