PM Ponta: Bulgaria and Romania have bigger chances to succeed in all projects if together

Prime Minister Victor Ponta stated on Thursday in Craiova, at the beginning of the joint Bulgarian-Romanian government session, that the two countries have better odds at success if they stand together, reaffirming that the possibility of entering the Schengen Area will become a reality if the two states work together.

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Furthermore, he requested the ministers present at the joint session to set up meetings and deadlines for joint projects.

"I want to thank especially Prime Minister Borisov, with whom I know very well that we agree on concrete and pragmatic projects, and I want to ask all the ministers to set up meetings, set deadlines for the projects that we have and to speak of a matter that I want to consider the most important of this meeting: I believe that Bulgaria and Romania have far better chances of succeeding in all the projects if they stand together, if we are separated we have very little chances, if we are together we will also enter the Schengen Area, we will fulfill the conditions of the CVM [e.n. ? Cooperation and Verification Mission], we will have trans-border infrastructure projects, we will collaborate as we collaborate within NATO, all the things that we do together are more successful than those done separately. It is the main message that I want to send through the meeting today, to say that we have agreements on various domains, but the most important is the personal relation between the members of the cabinet and the fact that you were able to discuss and will continue to discuss about how to implement these projects together", said Ponta.

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