Romania and Ukraine are closely cooperating across multiple areas, including security, the economy, logistics, and humanitarian affairs.
This was stated in a comment to Ukrinform by Romanian Foreign Minister Oana-Silvia Țoiu.
The Minister expressed satisfaction with the overall state of Romanian–Ukrainian diplomatic dialogue, particularly noting that August 31 is now celebrated in Ukraine as Romanian Language Day.
"We believe this is such an important moment for the friendship between our countries but also for the Romanian-speaking community in Ukraine," she said.
Țoiu also welcomed the possibility for citizens to hold double citizenship, both Ukrainian and Romanian, calling it “a sign of respect for the Romanian community in Ukraine but also for Ukrainians that are now living in Romania and their families.”
She highlighted economic cooperation as a key shared priority.
"We have invested on both sides, both Romania and Ukraine, on creating a better connection between our countries. Be it train, be it border connection points, be it highways that lead directly to Moldova and Ukraine, be it the connection between our business environment that has so much potential and has been under-used, under-supported, let’s say," she said.
The Minister added that those issues are regularly discussed at both high-level meetings and in her repeated talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, noting that they have met in various formats around 20 times.
She also stressed cooperation in cybersecurity and the protection of information infrastructure from Russian interference, calling the bilateral cyber alliance “very important.”
Țoiu pointed to Romania’s support for Ukraine during the war, including a training center for F-16 pilots in Romania. The two countries also cooperate on Black Sea security, particularly on de-mining, together with NATO allies Bulgaria and Turkey, to keep commercial and security routes open.
She also noted a common project on drone production in Romania with Ukrainian battle-tested expertise, which is financed through the EU SAFE mechanism.
Another key area of cooperation, she said, is EU enlargement. Bucharest supports the process and welcomes the opening of the first negotiation clusters for Ukraine and Moldova, calling it “long overdue” and noting that EU instruments regarding Ukraine have been unblocked.
"Everyone has a respect for what Ukraine has managed to do, especially in war-time situation, in terms of reforms, the speed of change," she added.
Commenting on incidents involving Russian drones entering NATO territory in Romania, the minister said:
"We have the longest border with the war and therefore something that we keep on mentioning in any format is that it is needed that we have a stronger deterrence on the eastern flank. But also, that we do understand that it is in the interest of all to support the process of ending the war and having a peace agreement in a way that discourages future aggression. And that means resilience of Ukraine and that means increased pressure and working on the 21st package of sanctions."
Earlier reports noted incidents in which Russian drones entered Romanian airspace near the Ukrainian border, including one striking a residential building in Galați.
