The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminita Odobescu, had a telephone conversation on Friday with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, James Cleverly, on which occasion the two officials assessed the security situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip, with emphasis on the need to ensure close coordination in order to prevent the risk of contagion in the region.
Also, the need to continue firm support for Ukraine in the context of the illegal war of aggression of the Russian Federation was reconfirmed.
In this context, the Romanian Foreign Minister expressed our country's appreciation for the consistent participation of the United Kingdom in the efforts to strengthen the Eastern Flank of NATO and for the close cooperation in terms of security, the cited source informs.