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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, is taking part on Wednesday and Thursday, in the informal meeting of the heads of diplomacy from the member states of the European Union (the Gymnich format), which is taking place in Lisbon, within the Portuguese Presidency of of the Council of the European Union, agerpres reports.
According to a press release sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) to AGERRPES, the agenda features the prolonged conflicts from the Eastern Vicinity (a topic introduced at Romania s proposal), the EU-Africa relations and the strategic vision of the EU for the Indo-Pacific region. Furthermore, the European ministers will have an informal luncheon, with Jordanian Hashemite Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi as their guest.
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The importance of multilateral co-operation for strengthening democratic principles and values, including through firm and prompt sanctions for slippages, was highlighted by Romania s Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu, who on Tuesday opened the 33rd meeting of the Governing Council of the Community of Democracies (CoD) by videoconference, as part of the duties of the Romanian Presidency of CoD.
The Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) says in a press statement released on Tuesday that also addressing the opening meeting were CoD Secretary General Thomas Garrett and Parliamentary Secretary of the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Oliphant, agerpres.ro confirms.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, welcomes the adoption on Friday of the Declaration of the member states of the Governing Council of the Community of Democracies on the situation in Myanmar.
Romania is holding the Presidency of the Community of Democracies.
The Declaration, supported by Romania, the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, Poland, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Republic of Korea and the United Mexican States, expresses deep concern about the situation in Myanmar where, as of February 1, the democratically elected government has been removed by the military, according to an MAE release sent to AGERPRES.