The Black Sea Forum, initiated yesterday in Bucharest, which unites representatives of all the riparian countries and of the international organizations, was supposed to be the "beginning of a dialogue between civilizations", according to Traian Basescu.
Yesterday, Bucharest hosted the Summit for the initiation Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership, an event that brought together Presidents, External affairs Ministers, representatives of international organizations and many journalists. Like everything that is new, the Forum came with many hopes, but they can only become true if the summit in Bucharest manages to start a real interest in it.
Despite a controversial beginning, mainly because of Russia (which was quite skeptical about the summit and chose to be represented only by its Ambassador in Bucharest), the summit should have produced effervescent ideas and dialogues regarding certain issues that were supposed to result in a better collaboration between the riparian countries and in a long term security, stability and prosperity of the region.
BIG WORDS
Actually, all the participants aware of the opportunities the Black Sea is offering and of the Romanian initiative of building this Forum have said big words like "prosperity", "benefits", "common history". "Todayâs event is a step forward in the process of consolidation of a prosper and developed Black Sea region", the Romanian External Affairs Minister, Razvan Ungureanu said. "The United States support the efforts for the creation of a more prosper, more free and a safer Black Sea region", Jack D. Crouch, Americaâs representative to the Forum, the former USA Ambassador in Romania, the current deputy adviser of President George W. Bush, added.
EXPECTATIONS
One of the hopes regarding this Forum targets the appearance of certain environments to help solving regional i
