Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has attended the summit in Versailles
Romania was represented by its president, Klaus Iohannis, at the European Spring Summit in Versailles, where talks focused on the war in Ukraine, on ways of reducing Europe's dependence on Russian gas as well as common defence. The host-country France voiced its readiness to build the Union's real sovereignty and autonomy, including in terms of energy against the complex and dramatic background of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
European leaders reiterated the EU's readiness to grant protection to all Ukrainian refugees and called on Russia to observe international humanitarian laws. As far as energy is concerned, the objective is to reduce the dependence on Russian gas and oil to the point that some countries will no longer need to import hydrocarbons from Russia.
According to Romanian president Klaus Iohannis, as long as the war goes on, energy prices are going to soar trigge