Romania-USA strategic partnership: pillar of stability and belonging to common values

“The 25th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the United States of America offers us the opportunity to reflect in depth on the benefits that followed the signing of this document and the steps taken in implementing the partnership, as well as the level at which we want to Romania-US bilateral relations arrive in the future. After a quarter of a century, we are no longer strictly talking about concrete elements of foreign policy, but also about stability and belonging to common values ​​between the two states,” said Andreea Negru, PhD in Economics, President of the ADAA Association for Local Entrepreneurship Development. After the visit during the economic mission “Shaping the Future for a Better Tomorrow” in the United States of America, she spoke about the consolidation of the Romanian American economic relations in sectors of bilateral interest, on concrete topics, with significant impact on decision makers. and companies directly involved.

 “Major developments in bilateral dynamics, given the tense regional context in recent times, have demonstrated the strength of the bilateral relationship between the two states, the maturity of the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the US, which has now reached an unprecedented level of cooperation,” said Andreea Negru.

Regarding recent bilateral contacts, the ADAA President stressed the importance of exchanging views in meetings on the side-lines of working visits to Washington D.C. with HE Andrei Muraru, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to the USA, where he participated in the reception ‘The U.S.-Romania Trade and Business Partnership’, on which occasion the priority areas of sustainable development for Romania in the current geopolitical context were discussed, strategic cooperation and further strengthening of bilateral relations between the two states. At the same time, the Energy Security & International Trade Summit focused on the importance of the energy sector.

The high-level meeting with the Consul General of Romania in Los Angeles, Cosmin Dumitrescu, together with officials of the US Commercial Service, US Department of Commerce, participation in the largest economic forum in the western half of the USA – Select LA Investment Summit, visit to The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development, the Irvine Chamber of Commerce, which has more than $ 1 trillion in assets and revenue, and the New York Stock Exchange have provided a comprehensive understanding of the ecosystem. investment in the United States. The economic mission also targeted inter-agency cooperation at the central and regional levels through direct meetings with local and regional authorities in California, the fifth largest economic power in the world.

Cosmin Dumitrescu, Consul General of Romania in Los Angeles said: “Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Strategic Partnership captures a very encouraging picture of the already vibrant bilateral relationship between Romania and the United States of America. The United States is Romania’s most important security partner. But the relationship of friendship and partnership between our nations is far more than political and defence cooperation. The economic mission in the American states of California and Nevada highlighted the consolidation of more comprehensive bilateral relations, in which cooperation between Romanian and American central, regional, and local authorities is synchronized and harmonized with economic and trade cooperation between companies and organizations in the two partner countries.”

“Romania will remain in the future the same loyal, consistent and reliable strategic partner of the USA, and the meetings held reiterated, once again, this. American companies show an increased interest for Romania in key areas of development,” said Andreea Negru.

In his turn, the Consul General of Romania in Los Angeles wanted to specify: “The warm relationship and the reception of the delegation of representatives of Romanian companies and authorities have shown that relations between countries and authorities are motivated and strengthened Romanian and American economic and commercial actors, as well as direct and warm relations between people. I congratulate all those involved in the largest Romanian economic mission organized in the western half of the USA and I personally thank on behalf of the Consulate General of Romania in Los Angeles each participant for the efficient cooperation and professionalism they show”.

At meetings in the United States, the president of the ADAA opened a dialogue with American companies on topics of common interest, such as: energy, digital transformations and economic diplomacy.

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