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... Affairs Council. During the meeting with Romanian diplomats, topical issues of European security, the current situation in the Balkan Peninsula and the Black Sea region, as well as the state and prospects for the development of bilateral relations between Russia and Romania were discussed.
... the fact that the region’s borders are not clearly fixed. Generally speaking, when discussing the situation in the region, politicians and experts tend to refer not only to the six countries that have a coastline on the Black Sea (Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine) but also to neighbouring states. It is, thus, no coincidence that the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) founded 28 years ago (if we consider the Bosphorus Statement its constituent declaration) includes ...
... future, perhaps even before 2021, the Transnistria situation will be influenced by the success or failure of the Moldovan reforms, the revision of the unofficial agreement between the Moldovan and Transnistrian elite, Transnistria’s relations with Romania and Russia’s eagerness to maintain the status quo both economically and in terms of its presence in the unrecognized territory. The latter factor is debatable: Russia and Moldova are already discussing the possibility of withdrawing Russian ammunition from ...
Is it about Russia-Romania relations or about the poor status of current NATO-Russia relations? Ruslan Mamedov, Olga Pylova: On the Road to “Strategic Depth” in the Black Sea Region On 11 April 2019, NATO confirmed US plans to deploy of the Terminal High Altitude ...
... sea range to perform training missions. bpg.gov.ge Certainly, these events have a special significance for their participants, who exchange information and expand cooperation. The Blackseafor was established for this purpose in 2001 and had Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Georgia participate. Today, we can hardly say that the states of the Black Sea region have a complete understanding on security matters: joint exercises with the participation of all states have not been held since 2014. ...
On January 25, 2019, RIAC hosted a meeting with Vasile Soare, Romanian Ambassador to Russia, and Viorel Cojocaru, Deputy Head of Mission. The meeting focused on the issues of future interaction between RIAC and the Embassy in organizing and conducting a joint seminar on Russia-EU relations. On January 25, 2019, RIAC hosted a meeting ...
... identity and the country’s foreign policy. The right-wing opposition tends to interpret the possibility of resolving the Transnistrian conflict through a multilateral compromise as Moldova deviating from the pro-EU vector and the country’s surrender to Russia. The flames of this alarmist position are also being fed from abroad, particularly from Romania. In other words, inducing Chisinau to adopt a settlement plan for Transnistria that would grant Tiraspol any significant powers would be akin to making Kiev grant autonomy to Donbass. The situation is bound to worsen with the upcoming parliamentary ...
To What Extent Does the U.S. Aegis BMD in Europe Threaten Russia? In May 2016, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced that its ballistic missile defence (BMD) base at Deveselu, Romania, had been put into operation. This marked the second phase of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) announced by Barack Obama in 2009. Immediately thereafter, construction of a similar base in Redzikowo, Poland began as part of the third ...
....tvr.ro/traian-basescu-la-tvr--urmatorul-proiect-pentru-romania-trebuie-sa-fie-vrem-sa-ne-intregim-tara-_37653.html (in Romanian); Traian Basescu: The Divided Romanian People will Unite in the Framework of the EU. URL: http://forum.md/ru/733261 (in Russian). 19 . The new Romanian leader stresses the need to encourage Chisinau’s European aspirations, rather than unification with Moldova: “We should teach Moldovan bureaucrats how state institutions work in a European country, and teach Moldovan politicians how ...
... domestic political relations changed for the better as opposed to the previous period. We can assess that if the situation in Ukraine becomes normal and at the level of great European powers a normalization process shall trigger in the relations with Russia, the Romania’s position shall get in line with these tendencies. This shall not mean, nevertheless, that the Bucharest program related to the consolidation of defence and military collaboration with the United States of America (anti-missile shield ,...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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