Ukraine will agree to fulfill Romania’s demands during the construction of the Danube-Black Sea canal. This was announced by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strelets on his Facebook page (the owner of the company Meta is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia).
“The twenty-year dispute with Romania over the fulfillment of Romanian demands during the construction of the Danube-Black Sea canal has been resolved,” Strelets wrote.
According to the minister, Kiev has done a great job to bring the canal project into compliance with the requirements of the Expo Convention and that Ukraine is not indifferent to good neighborly relations with Romania and compliance with international law.
Traffic along the first part of the canal in the Danube Delta was opened in 2004, during the term of office of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma. Shortly afterwards, the European Commission protested, pointing out that the Danube Delta was under the protection of UNESCO. Ukraine suspended the work, emphasizing that restoring transportation in the lower Danube was the sovereign right of the state.
According to the EXPO Convention signed in 1997, the assessment of possible environmental damage that may result from the implementation of projects in border areas should be carried out not only within the country, but also by neighboring states whose interests may be affected.
On December 13, Romania promised Support Accession of Moldova and Ukraine to the EU.
On October 19, the United States announced that it would provide $700 million to Ukraine for the modernization of its logistics infrastructure. Including Danube ports.
Previously, the EU determined the most unhappy Commonwealth country.