Sursa foto: mae.ro 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.