The bilateral dialogue between Romania and Ukraine is a complex one. This feature is generated by the multitude of different interests that the two neighboring states have established over time. Often, the definition of these interests has set the ground for complicated situations, difficult to be appreciated, accepted and solved by the political actors.
Between January – July 2019 the Association of Experts for Security and Global Affairs in partnership with the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian PRISM”, supported by the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, a project of the German Marshall Fund, has implemented the project ”The Romanian – Ukrainian Civil Society Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation”. Within this project we had as a aim to revive the dialogue between Romanian and Ukrainian experts at civil society level, by resuming bilateral meetings in bilateral or trilateral format (extended to the Republic of Moldova), to advocate through government initiatives in solving problems, to propose a set of recommendations and solutions to encourage the transition to a new stage in the bilateral dialogue between Bucharest and Kyiv, in which the stereotypes no longer have control over the content.
In the following, we propose to reflect with us on the most important challenges, but also opportunities at the same time, for the bilateral dialogue between Kyiv and Bucharest from the Romanian perspective. The Ukrainian perspective on bilateral dialogue will be published soon.
Country Report: ”The Romania and Ukraine Bilateral Agenda. Perspectives for a Roadmap on Security and Defence Sector and Economic Cooperation”.
This country report is elaborated within the project ”The Romanian – Ukrainian Civil Society Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation”, implemented by Experts for Security and Global Affairs Association, Romania and it is supported by the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, a project of the German Marshall Fund. All the views and opinions belong to the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the ESGA Partners.