Bogdan Aurescu

Romania's Foreign Affairs Minister, Bogdan Aurescu has had on Monday, in Chisinau, the capital-city of the Republic of Moldova, a half-an-hour meeting with the neighbouring country's President, Nicolae Timofti, in his first visit abroad since he was appointed in office.

Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Sunday extended warm greetings to all the Romanians from abroad on the Day of Romanians from Everywhere, saying this is a special day for every Romanian, regardless of his/her whereabouts.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Bogdan Aurescu on Tuesday announced that his first official visit as chief of Romania diplomacy will be to Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova, on December 1, after which he would go to Brussels to attend the reunion of the NATO member states' foreign ministers.

President Traian Basescu on Monday approved the nomination of Bogdan Aurescu for the post of Foreign Minister.

Aurescu, 41, is a career diplomat who has been working for the Romanian Foreign Ministry since 1996. His main achievement was coordinating Romania's team in the case against Ukraine on maritime delimitation in the Black Sea, which was concluded in 2009.

Frank Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Defense Policy with the U.S. Department of State, said on Tuesday at the 2014 Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense Conference organized in Bucharest that the United States could not have dreamed for a better partner than Romania.

State Secretary for Strategic Affairs Bogdan Aurescu on Tuesday reiterated Romania's interest that local firms get involved in the setting up of the Deveselu Base.

Aurescu attended the 2014 Multinational Ballistic Missile Defence Conference organized by the U.S. Agency for Ballistic Missile Defense and hosted by Bucharest.

Secretary of State for Strategic Affairs with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) Bogdan Aurescu attended on Tuesday the meeting of the Romania - US Joint Committee that manages the implementation of the Agreement between Romania and the United States on the activities of US forces stationed in Romania, with the Romanian official taking this opportunity to say that the steady pa

State Secretary for Strategic Affairs with Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), Bogdan Aurescu, urged the participants in the training program in diplomacy and international affairs of diplomats and public officials of the Republic of Moldova, to better communication towards the public opinion of the direct benefits brought by a closeness to Europe.

Agerpres special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: Romania's President Traian Basescu has arrived in Wales to attend a summit of NATO, September 4 to 5.