President Basescu underlines the importance of using efficiently the EU funds

President Traian Basescu received on Thursday, March 6, at Cotroceni Presidential Palace the Vice President of European Commission Jacques Barrot, Commissioner for transport, currently paying his first visit to Romania after the EU accession.

The Romanian head of state stressed the need to develop a national transport network to be integrated into the Trans-European Transport network and underlined at the same time the importance of the efficient use of EU funds Romania is to receive in the sector, the Presidential Administration informs.

Presiden Basescu showed with this occasion the development potential and the strategic importance of Constanta harbour (at the Black Sea), as an entrance gate for the Central and Eastern Europe trade.

The agenda also included talks on the transport corridors, the railway and maritime transport, the intermodal transport and the maritime security. ROMPRES

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08:27 Austria is one of Romania’s most important economic partners, says President Basescu

Bucharest, March 6 /Rompres/ – President Traian Basescu received on Thursday, March 6, at Cotroceni Palace, the Federal Chancellor of Austria, Alfred Gusenbauer, during the talks the head of the Romanian state underlining the importance given by Romania to the valuing, through joint projects, of the Austrian experience linked to the utilization of community funds.

According to a Presidential Administration release, Traian Basescu remarked the very good cooperation with Austria which is one of the most important economic partners of Romania.

As well, the two heads of state discussed the prospects of intensification of cooperation between the Danube riparian countries within the initiative of the Danube Cooperation Process, established following the joint proposal of Romania and Austria.

On this occasion, President Traian Basescu reiterated the objective of an increased role for the European Union (EU) in the Black Sea region and support granted by Romania to the progress on the European integration path of the Republic of Moldova and the West Balkan zone. Relations between Serbia and the EU were also approached, being pointed out the need to sustain these countries’ efforts in their interior reform moves.

According to the quoted source, other subjects debated on this occasion included the EU energy policy – the head of the Romanian state revealing priority given to Nabucco pipeline construction, the EU neighborhood policy and enlargement. ROMPRES