Romania took on the role of organizing the 8th edition of the 3SI Summit at a decisive stage for reconfirming the Three Seas Initiative as a political platform for facilitating strategic infrastructure interconnection projects and investments in the region on the North-South axis, thus realizing the 3SI’s goals of developing the economies of participating states, promoting the convergence with the rest of the EU and the transatlantic partnership.  At the same time, the 3SI has to respond to the need of defining the relationship with a geopolitically reconfigured neighbourhood under the impact of the brutal war of Russian Federation against Ukraine. The guiding principles of our agenda stems from the conviction that “together we are stronger”, and this is the spirit of the Bucharest Summit I will host this autumn, on 6-7 September.  Now, more than ever, it is high time to implement the 3SI objectives and deliver concrete results for the benefit of the entire region!