Mariana Ionescu

Italy ranks first among foreign investors in Romania in terms of the number of companies doing business in Romania, and the trade between the two countries reached a record high value in 2017, the highest in a decade, says George Gabriel Bologan, Romania's Ambassador to Italy in an interview to AGERPRES.

Through a balanced policy and high-level strategic thinking, Jordan is an essential factor for the stability of its region, and it is a genuine partner to Romania and the Euro-Atlantic community in general, Romania's ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Nicolae Comanescu told AGERPRES in a recent interview.

Premier Viorica Dancila sent President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans a letter, the EU executive body confirmed on Friday.

We can confirm having received the letter and the answer will follow in due time, a spokesperson of the European Commission said on Friday, at the request of AGERPRES.

Washington, Aug 4 /Agerpres/ - Exploiting natural gases in the offshore and onshore sectors and the strategic projects ran on the Black Sea, especially, will be a success for the economy and security of Romania, Romanian Ambassador to the USA, George Cristian Maior, said in a statement remitted to AGERPRES on Friday regarding the investment projects in the energy sector on the Black Sea.

"Changes to the criminal codes have raised concerns about possible negative impacts; we hope that Romania will address these concerns and that Romania intends to solicit international expertise from GRECO and the Venice Commission," Austria's Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl tells AGERPRES in a recent interview, urging Romania to consolidate considerable progress in combatting corruption

At a meeting on Monday with Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Devin Nunes, Romania's Ambassador to the U.S. George Cristian Maior underscored the defensive benefits of the US anti-missile shield and its strategic importance to Romania, the US and the other NATO member states.

Lithuania and Latvia shared with Romania, starting from their own experiences, the particulars and opportunities specific to the process of preparing and exercising the mandate of the EU Council Presidency, and these consultations have identified good practices such as the opportunity to use European funds to prepare the additional staff involved in the presidency, said Romania's Ambass

A century from the Greater Union, Romania is a respected European and global actor, not least because of a constructive way of translating the objectives of its foreign policy and the political family to which it belongs - the European Union and NATO - while taking up responsibilities of general interest, ambassador Cristian Istrate, head of the Permanent Mission of Romania to the International

Romania actively and firmly supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union and is open to sharing its entire experience and best practices with Serbia, our country having both the expertise and know-how in order to support the European integration of the states from the Western Balkans region, Romanian Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia Oana Cristina Popa told an interview for AGERPRE

Romania supports Minsk's progress in fulfilling its commitments pledged under the Eastern Partnership, Bucharest taking on an active role in shaping the European policy towards the European Union's eastern partners, Romania's Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus Viorel Mosanu said in an interview to AGERPRES.