ForMin Melescanu meets his Armenian counterpart, CCG secretary general, African Union Commission Chair

The head of the Romanian diplomacy, Teodor Melescanu, took part on Wednesday, in context of attending the UN General Assembly in New York, in the Bulgaria-Croatia-Greece-Romania informal quadrilateral ministerial reunion organized by the Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Marija Pejcinic Buric, the MAE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) informs, in a press release sent to AGERPRES. 

According to the quoted source, with this occasion, aspects were discussed about the regional evolutions, as well as ways through which the states in the region can significantly contribute to promoting projects and initiatives of the EU, in order to encourage and facilitate positive evolutions. 

"The Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs reiterated our country's support for the European perspective of the Western Balkans, one of the priorities of the future half-year Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Romania will hold as of January 1st 2019. He also underlined the importance of a tight coordination at a quadrilateral level in order to support the states in the region in implementing the necessary reforms," the MAE release specifies. 

According to MAE, the meeting of Minister Teodor Melescanu with his counterpart from the Republic of Armenia, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, offered the framework for evoking the solid grounding of the Romanian-Armenian relations. 

"Between the Romanian people and the Armenian people there is a long tradition of cooperation and good understanding, which contributed to numerous realizations in the plan of culture and spirituality. The two ministers reconfirmed with this occasion the desire to develop bilateral relations on all dimensions in the following period, evoking the symbolic coincidence of the two historical centennials celebrated this year, in Romania and Armenia. Also, Romania's support was reaffirmed for intensifying cooperation between the EU and Armenia," the quoted source specifies. 

Melescanu congratulated hisArmenian counterpart for the organization efforts of the Le Sommet de La Francophonie in Yerevan, during the period of October 7 - October 12, highlighting that the La Francophonie is still a solid argument which brings Romania and Armenia closer in our region. Furthermore, minister Teodor Melescanu addressed his counterpart from Armenia an invitation to pay an official visit to our country. 

Also, according to MAE, during the meeting with Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al Zayani, the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (CCG), the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs reiterated Romania's interest for exploring possibilities of formalization of a cooperation between our country and the CCG, through convening bilateral documents. 

The meeting offered a rich exchange of opinions on some regional and international files of interest for both sides, with emphasis on combating terrorism, the security situation in Syria and Yemen, MAE mentions. In context, the head of the Romanian diplomacy underlined that Romania, as a state, will take on the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and will continue to promote the necessity of a political situation for the differences in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Minister Teodor Melescanu also reiterated the support towards reconciling the states of the CCG, an organization which is extremely important for the regional security architecture, it is shown in the MAE press release. 

Also in context of the visit to the United States, Teodor Melescanu had a meeting with the chairman of the African Union Commission, during which he reaffirmed Romania's interest in consolidating the good traditional relations of our country with the African countries.