Sweden, which holds the presidency of the Council of the EU, is determined to actively participate and make every effort for Romania’s accession to the Schengen area by defining concrete solutions, as well as to support Romania’s efforts to complete the accession, said Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström. c – conversation with Romanian colleague Bohdan Aurescu.

On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bohdan Aurescu, held a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Tobias Bijlström, as a representative of the President of the Council of the European Union in the first semester of 2023.

During the conversation, Minister Bohdan Aurescu emphasized the importance of the Swedish presidency coordinating dialogue with all European partners involved in Romania’s accession to Schengen, and Tobias Billström emphasized that Sweden is ready to take an active part in order to achieve a positive result.

• “The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden confirmed to Minister Bohdan Aureska Sweden’s support for Romania’s accession to the Schengen area and emphasized that the Swedish presidency intends to actively participate and make every effort to achieve this goal by defining specific solutions based on a constructive dialogue with all parties involved, and as well as supporting Romania’s efforts to complete accession.
• At the same time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden expressed hope that progress will be made in this matter and a positive solution will be found, emphasizing the legitimacy of Romania’s efforts and expectations,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. .

At the same time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania welcomed the attention that the Swedish presidency intends to pay to the multidimensional support of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, as well as to issues of migration, aspects of the rule of law and fundamental rights, priorities in the field of environment and climate change, strengthening the stability of the EU, relations with third parties .

According to the cited source, the two dignitaries also exchanged views on the development of the process of Sweden’s accession to NATO, in the context of which the Swedish Foreign Minister thanked his Romanian counterpart for the steps taken to support this goal in the dialogue with NATO partners in order to complete the process of ratification of the Protocol about joining

Both ministers agreed to maintain close coordination on the discussed issues, primarily on the subject of Romania’s accession to the Schengen zone.

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