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ROMANIA: CROUCH SAYS US BACKS DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK SEA FORUM
Rompres news agency
5 Jun 06
Bucharest, 5 June: The United States backs the development of
the Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership, Jack D. Crouch,
deputy national security adviser to US President George W. Bush,
told the summit meeting of the Forum held at Parliament Palace,
in the Romanian capital, on Monday 5 June.
The United States backs the efforts for the creation of a more
prosperous, freer and safer Black Sea region, said Crouch, a former
US ambassador to Romania.
He underscored the importance of the dialogue among the region's
leaders with a view to finding solutions to the threats to the region's
security and stability such as "frozen" conflicts, the trafficking
in weapons, drugs and people.
The US supports the Black Sea Forum since it deems it a foundation
for the creation of viable economic development and investment
opportunities in the region, as well as for providing the transport
routes for the energy resources of the Caspian Sea and Central Asia,
for building a regional mechanism of mutual support in the crises
provoked by natural disasters, Crouch stressed.
The US official highlighted the role played by the respect for the
democratic values and human rights and hailed the progress made in
this respect by Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.
The US deputy national security adviser announced the US government
will donate "a significant financial contribution" to the Black Sea
Fund that is to be set up with a view to financing the projects that
have common goals with those of the regional initiative.
The initiative to establish a Black Sea Forum was also welcomed
by the representatives of France - Frederic Baleine du Laurens,
director general at the French Foreign Ministry; Germany -
special representative Norber Baas; Italy - State Secretary Famiano
Crucianelli; Spain - special representative Pablo Zaldivar; Belgium
- Foreign Minister Karel de Guht; Poland - Undersecretary of State
Stanislaw Komorowski.
Messages of appreciation for the launching of the Black Sea Forum
were communicated by Sergey Ordzhonikidze, Director General of
the Geneva-based UN Office; Terry Davis, the Council of Europe's
secretary-general; Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, OSCE secretary-general;
Brunson McKinley, director general of the International Migration
Organization; Erhard Busek, special coordinator of the Southeastern
Europe Stability Pact; Marek Belka, executive secretary of the
UN Economic Commission for Europe; Robert Simmons, NATO special
representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia; Peter Semneby,
the EU special representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Rompres news agency
5 Jun 06
Bucharest, 5 June: The United States backs the development of
the Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership, Jack D. Crouch,
deputy national security adviser to US President George W. Bush,
told the summit meeting of the Forum held at Parliament Palace,
in the Romanian capital, on Monday 5 June.
The United States backs the efforts for the creation of a more
prosperous, freer and safer Black Sea region, said Crouch, a former
US ambassador to Romania.
He underscored the importance of the dialogue among the region's
leaders with a view to finding solutions to the threats to the region's
security and stability such as "frozen" conflicts, the trafficking
in weapons, drugs and people.
The US supports the Black Sea Forum since it deems it a foundation
for the creation of viable economic development and investment
opportunities in the region, as well as for providing the transport
routes for the energy resources of the Caspian Sea and Central Asia,
for building a regional mechanism of mutual support in the crises
provoked by natural disasters, Crouch stressed.
The US official highlighted the role played by the respect for the
democratic values and human rights and hailed the progress made in
this respect by Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.
The US deputy national security adviser announced the US government
will donate "a significant financial contribution" to the Black Sea
Fund that is to be set up with a view to financing the projects that
have common goals with those of the regional initiative.
The initiative to establish a Black Sea Forum was also welcomed
by the representatives of France - Frederic Baleine du Laurens,
director general at the French Foreign Ministry; Germany -
special representative Norber Baas; Italy - State Secretary Famiano
Crucianelli; Spain - special representative Pablo Zaldivar; Belgium
- Foreign Minister Karel de Guht; Poland - Undersecretary of State
Stanislaw Komorowski.
Messages of appreciation for the launching of the Black Sea Forum
were communicated by Sergey Ordzhonikidze, Director General of
the Geneva-based UN Office; Terry Davis, the Council of Europe's
secretary-general; Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, OSCE secretary-general;
Brunson McKinley, director general of the International Migration
Organization; Erhard Busek, special coordinator of the Southeastern
Europe Stability Pact; Marek Belka, executive secretary of the
UN Economic Commission for Europe; Robert Simmons, NATO special
representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia; Peter Semneby,
the EU special representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia.