Yesterday the President of Romania Traian Basescu told Jozias van Aartsen, the European Commission's coordinator for the Nabucco oil pipeline, that Romania was willing to support this project. The two officials talked about the cooperation between Romanian authorities and the European coordinator for the implementation of the above-mentioned project. The Romanian President highlighted his country was paying major attention to the project meant to diversify the means for supplies to the EU. They also analyzed the means of cooperation with natural gas supplying states in Central Asia, the Caspian Sea region and the Middle East, as well as other projects on natural gas transport to connect the Black Sea region to the EU space. (A.H.)