Prime Minister Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca and the European commissioner for transports, Adina Valean, have agreed on a tight cooperation for facilitating freight transport from Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, the Government informs, through a press release sent on Monday.Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca met with Adina Valean on Monday, at Victoria Palace, the topic of discussions being developing Romanian transport infrastructure, namely the impact of the Ukrainian crisis. "The two officials agreed on a tight cooperation for facilitating freight transport from Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, by using road, railway and port infrastructure in order to conduct cereal export form Ukraine, in accordance with existing contracts, given their importance, including from the perspective of food security of third states, such as the ones from Africa. During the exchange of opinions, the importance of consolidating transport infrastructure was highlighted, in the event of a major crisis, given the significant contribution of this sector to an accelerated recovery of the economy," the quoted source specifies."Prime Minister Ciuca showed that the current circumstances need a larger flexibility in applying rules that can affect transporters. Referring to the implications of the Fit for 55 European legislative package for the area of transportation, the Romanian Prime Minister highlighted that reaching objectives of decarbonating in the area of transportation is a complex task in a sector affected by multiple crisis which can increase in order to have the capacity of financing ecological transition," the Government press release reads.The PM highlighted the authorities and civil society's support in ensuring free transport services for refugees. European commissioner Valean showed that all of Romania's efforts are "noticed and appreciated in Brussels," the Government mentions.
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