Ukraine, Romania to discuss reciprocal minority-language education

Ukrainian and Romanian leaders announced on August 27 that they will discuss reciprocal minority-language education during a meeting of the Ukrainian-Romanian Commission on National Minority Rights on August 28. Romanian President Nicusor Dan made the announcement in Chisinau, Moldova, during a joint news conference with Moldova's President Maia Sandu and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Dan and Zelenskyy had traveled to Moldova to mark the country's 35th independence anniversary.

The Romanian president emphasized that the most important issue during the meeting would be education in the national languages of both countries. Dan expressed his pleasure at the cooperation between their nations, noting that the meeting was a sign of that.

The trilateral meeting also covered energy, infrastructure, and security, as well as Ukraine's and Moldova's integration into the European Union. They discussed infrastructure and energy projects involving interconnectors through Romania to Moldova's northern border with Ukraine, as part of the SAFE program, an EU security infrastructure investment fund.

Zelenskyy added that Ukraine and Moldova were working on new joint projects in security, energy, and infrastructure, highlighting the importance of standing together to strengthen one another.