{"id":1325835,"date":"2026-03-12T23:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1325835"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:30:14","slug":"zelenskyy-and-romanian-prime-minister-discuss-defense-support-and-energy-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-and-romanian-prime-minister-discuss-defense-support-and-energy-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy and Romanian Prime Minister Discuss Defense Support and Energy Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan met to discuss <strong>defense support and cooperation in the energy sector<\/strong>, Zelenskyy announced on Facebook.<\/p>\n   <p>The Ukrainian leader emphasized that <strong>strengthening air defense remains a top priority<\/strong> for Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p>The leaders also focused on <strong>developing the energy network between Ukraine and Romania<\/strong>, which would help Ukraine cope with energy shortages caused by ongoing Russian strikes and, in times of surplus, allow electricity exports to Romania.<\/p>\n   <p>Additionally, they discussed <strong>expanding border crossing points<\/strong> between the two countries, including work on an intergovernmental agreement for <strong>joint border control<\/strong>.<\/p>\n   <p>Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to Romania for military assistance and contributions to the PURL program, and personally thanked Bolojan for the meeting and support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p>Earlier on March 12, Zelenskyy arrived in Bucharest, where Ukraine and Romania signed a <strong>declaration on strategic partnership<\/strong> along with several other agreements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan met to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1325837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78,72925,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1325835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-zelenskyy-in-europe","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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