ForMin Melescanu meets officials of Qatar, Serbia at "EU - Arab World Summit: Shared Horizons" Summit

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu participates in a series of meetings with officials of Qatar and Serbia, on the sidelines of the third edition of the Summit called "The EU - Arab World Summit: Shared Horizons," occasion on which also evoked were the shared desire to deepen dialogue for the development of the economic and commercial relations. 

According to a release of the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) sent to AGERPRES, the meeting with the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sultan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi occasioned an exchange of views on the stage of the bilateral relation, as well as on the problems of common interest included on the international and regional agenda. 

It was evoked the shared wish to deepen the political dialogue, in view of supporting the development of economic and commercial relations. 

At the meeting with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Affairs Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, they evoked the very good collaboration between Romania and Serbia within the international organisations, as well as the outlooks for deepening sectoral cooperation, according to the quoted source. 

Minister Melescanu participated on 29 October 2018 in the works of the 3rd edition of the summit called "the EU - Arab World Summit: Shared Horizons," which takes place in Athens, Greece. 

This year's event, dedicated to debating Euro-Arab cooperation strategies, was attended by many decision-makers at the EU level and member states, as well as Arab states, but also by representatives of the business milieu. 

The discussion agenda focused on topics such as the European and Arab vicinity policies, the horizon of the Euro-Arab relations, migration policies, cooperation with the Arab countries in the area of climate change and energy transition, energy efficiency in the wider region, multidimensional cooperation between Greece and the Arab world, Europe's potential role in the development of the digital economy in Arab states and the role of transport in promoting the increase of trade and investment between the European Union and the Arab world. 

"Minister Teodor Melescanu hailed in his speech the contribution of the event in finding the most appropriate means to identify the responses to the common challenges which Europe is confronted with, the Arab space and the African continent. He also underscored that the current international and regional context determines the continuation of a sincere, open and constructive dialogue, that respects the views of each partner. Furthermore, he remarked the importance of peace keeping and stability in the regional efforts to achieve some durable partnerships. In this regard, the head of the Romanian diplomacy reiterated the need of a political solution to the conflicts in the Southern Neighborhood of the EU, as a precondition for ensuring the favorable framework for the further development, the cooperation between the European Union and its Middle East and African partners," the release said. 

Minister Teodor Melescanu showed that Romania, including as the state to hold the Presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of 2019, remains deeply committed to the EU objectives destined to the Southern Neighborhood and it will continue to work towards developing cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region. 

In respect to the economic cooperation opportunities, the head of the Romanian diplomacy highlighted that Romania endorses the regional cooperation initiative that can lead to an added value in terms of energy security and the interconnectivity of networks and transmission corridors.