Black Sea security, fighting against hybrid threats and the consolidation of NATO's Eastern Flanc were topics of a symposium organized in Brussels by Romania's Embassy to Belgium, the Belgian Foriegn Ministry and Egmont Royal Institute for Foreign Relations. The event, carried out on Monday, in the context of celebrating 145 years of Romanian-Belgian diplomatic relations, officially gathered diplomats and security experts from Romania, Belgium and European Institutions, according to a press release issued by the Romanian Embassy to Belgium. The agenda of the symposium: “The Black Sea, Security Prospects” was devoted to the latest political, diplomatic and security initiatives in the region, the security situation and strategies adopted at EU and NATO levels. The symposium was opened by Andreea Pastarnac, Romania's ambassador to Belgium, and Karen Van Vlierberge, the director for Central and Western Europe within the Belgian Foreign Minister. Oana Lungescu, Sorin Ducaru, Lucian Fatu, Mihaela Vasiu, Bernard Siman, Pierre Gillon and Tom Monballiu are some of the participants in debates. They analysed possible approaches in ensuring security in the area, fighting hybrid threats and consolidating NATO's Eastern Flanc. At the same time, the relevance of instruments at the disposal of the North-Atlantic Alliance, as well as the recent strategic EU Approach at the Black Sea, consideredan important instrument in maintaining peace and resilience in the area were pointed out. Debates also had in view economic security aspects, with accent laid on EU connectivity to neighboring areas and energy independence, participants pointing out the strategic position of the Black Sea in this context. The importance of complementarity beween bordering states, European initiatives devoted to the area and NATO actions to ensure Black Sea security were pointed out at the meeting. Representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Belgium, and Belgian public authorities were present at the event.
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