Teodor Melescanu

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu told DC News on Wednesday that he intends to carry out consultations with US partners regarding the proposal to move Romania's Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the goal being that of making "an informed" decision.

Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu told DCNews on Wednesday that in the meeting with his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, he did not sign any agreement with the latter and that he agreed with the Hungarian official that the Romania-Hungary talks "must focus mainly on what is a solid base, that is economic relations and the development of these relations."

Romania's strategic objective in the relations with the Republic of Moldova remains the European integration of the neighboring state, being "the only option that can bring prosperity, security and freedom to citizens regardless of age, ethnicity, spoken language or religion," Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Tuesday in a joint press release with his Moldovan counterpa

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) expresses the hope that "the intention to extend the transition period reflects the Ukrainian authorities' commitment to fully address the issues related to the impact of the Education Act on the persons belonging to the Romanian minority."

Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu had a meeting on Monday with Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto within a working lunch and spoke with him about regional security and the relationship of the two neighboring countries.

Palestine's Foreign Ministry summoned Romania's envoy for explanations on Wednesday to clarify statements from the ruling Social Democratic Party leader Liviu Dragnea in which he supported moving Romania's Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Romania, as a country that has been on Iraq's side in the fight against Daesh, "has every right" to participate in the reconstruction of Iraq, visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Eshaiker Al-Jaafari told a joint news conference with his Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu on Thursday, in Bucharest.

Romania's increasingly close relations with Hungary's hardline Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, - and the latter's invitation to Romania to join the Visegrad Group - have alarmed opposition politicians, activists and foreign policy experts in Bucharest.

Romanians are valued members of British society and the United Kingdom would be "crazy to let them go back to Romania," the head of Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Boris Johnson, said in an interview with Romania's top public news agency in Romania on Monday.

The four Balkan countries that are members of the European Union - Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Croatia - will help together for the European integration of the other six countries in the region.