On 6 March, during a high-level meeting, the partners reiterated their unwavering commitment to continue supporting Ukraine access to trade routes securing its key exports and imports. The partners (Romania, Moldova and Ukraine) acknowledged the importance of enhancing further regional cooperation to ensure seamless transport and logistics operations in a contingency context. They agreed, in particular, to continue working together on rolling out the Danube Action Plan 2.0, created under the European Commission’s Solidarity Lanes initiative, to strengthen cooperation for efficient and safe navigation on the Danube River, promote effective communication between ports in Ukraine, Romania, and Moldova, optimize information exchange to support transport operations and offer swift responses to address possible traffic disruption in Black Sea / Danube river.
The partners reaffirm their commitment to continue collaborating closely to maintain and improve transport links between Danube ports, enhance safety and efficiency of navigation, and establish contingency mechanisms for crisis situations, ensuring unimpeded access to Danube ports. By continuing to work together, they aim to promote the use of waterway transport, secure transport and transshipment capacity in case of need. (....)