Press Release: European Neighbourhood Policy: Launch of the Environment Partnership of the Black Sea Synergy

Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik opened on 15 March 2010 the Conference launching the Environment Partnership of the Black Sea Synergy initiative. The Environment Partnership is established to support the efforts of the EU and its partners of the wider Black Sea region to find cooperative approaches to the common challenges that the Black Sea region faces. The Black Sea Synergy initiative is open to all countries of the wider Black Sea region. In his opening speech, Commissioner Potočnik said: ‘The Black Sea is not an EU sea. But it is ‘our’ sea; it belongs to all of us, it is shared by all its countries and neighbours, by all those who live in the region. We share the Black Sea and its challenges; we must share the responsibility to meet them’

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/10/78:Black Sea Synergy http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/78&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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