Loading ...Romania and Austria will support the inclusion of the strategy for cooperation on the Danube on the agenda of the summer European Council in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs Cristian Diaconescu told a joint news conference he gave together with Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Michael Spindelegger.
'Romania and Austria are the promoters of a strategy for the cooperation on the Danube and both countries support the inclusion of the subject of the Danube on the priority agenda of the European Union considering the upcoming summer European Council in Brussels.
We are going to continue the steps taken with a view to promoting the strategy with the European partners and the third states in the region,' said Cristian Diaconescu.Michael Spindelegger also reiterated the fact that the Danube riparian countries were also invited to participate 'intensely' in this project.
Romania and Austria plan to draw up a European strategy for the integrated development of the Danube region, the project initiated by the two states in 2008 being backed by the European Commission.
The two ministers approached this subject during a meeting on the sidelines of the meeting of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that was held in late February when European Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Hubner also took part in the talks.
The Danube Cooperation Process was launched on May 27, 2002 in Vienna on the basis of a Romanian-Austrian initiative and was supported by the European Commission and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe that took an active part in it. The Danube Cooperation Process has six sectoral dimensions which can offer a framework for some concrete projects of cooperation among the Danube states to be coordinated and carried out.
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