Ukraine, Romania have mutual interests in energy sector - Shmyhal

Shmyhal said this during a phone call with Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu, the Ukrainian government's press service reported.

"Ukraine and Romania have mutual interests in the energy sector – the diversification of gas and electricity sources, the development of transport corridors and transit potential. We are ready to discuss the prospects of development in these issues in the near future at the expert level between the concerned ministries and the concerned energy companies," Shmyhal said.

Shmyhal stressed that both countries had considerable potential for the development of cooperation in the field of energy. According to him, one of the priorities of the Ukrainian energy sector is full technical synchronization with the energy system of the European Union.

Both parties discussed economic cooperation and noted the importance in this context of the Ukrainian-Romanian joint commission on economic, industrial, scientific and technical cooperation.

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Shmyhal also noted that it would be expedient to intensify measures as part of cross-border cooperation, in particular to strengthen cooperation between Ukrainian and Romanian border agencies.

Shmyhal thanked Romania for its readiness to support Ukraine in joining the EU's Common Aviation Area. He also welcomed Romania's decision to support the need to develop a European Commission mechanism for the Eastern Partnership countries to access the COVID-19 vaccine.

For his part, Citu expressed support for Ukraine's European integration aspirations, as well as Romania's interest in developing infrastructure projects together with Ukraine.

Shmyhal congratulated Citu on his appointment as Romania's prime minister and said that the Government of Ukraine was ready to work closely with the Government of Romania in all areas of common interest.