The New Strategy Center participated on October 15 in the conference “The Black Sea Strategic Approach: Time to Deliver”, held in Brussels and organized at the initiative of Dan Barna and Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Members of the European Parliament.

Lt. Gen. (ret.) Vasile Toader, Member of the NSC Scientific Council, was a speaker in the Civil Society & Expert Perspectives panel. He highlighted the need for the rapid implementation of the Black Sea Maritime Security Hub to enhance situational awareness, identify threats, enable early warning, and ensure an appropriate response.

He emphasized that the success of this project depends on the significant contribution of the Black Sea littoral states, as well as cooperation with other countries. The Romania-Bulgaria-Turkey trilateral initiative represents an important starting point. The swift implementation of this project would confirm the European Union’s attention to the Black Sea region and strengthen the credibility of the EU as a whole.