Teodor Melescanu

The core message of the France-Romania season is trust, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Thursday.

On Thursday, he and Chairman of the French Institute in Bucharest Pierre Buhler signed the minutes of the 5th meeting of the 2018 - 2019 Romania - France Season Joint Committee.

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu met senior US and UN officials on the side-lines of the general debates of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA73).

According to the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE), the head of the Romanian diplomacy had a meeting with Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support Oscar Fernandez-Taranco.

Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu on Friday, on the sidelines of the participation in the general debates of the current UN General Assembly session, had meetings with counterparts of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

AGERPRES special correspondent to New York, the US, Florentina Peia reports:

President Klaus Iohannis arrived at the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday to attend the opening of the high-level segment of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73) where US President Donald Trump will deliver a speech.

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu on Wednesday welcomed the American-Romanian Business Council delegation (AMRO), paying a visit to Romania on the sixth annual mission on economy promotion, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informs in a press release.

President Klaus Iohannis welcomed at the Cotroceni Palace Polish and Turkish Foreign Ministers Jacek Czaputowicz and Mevlut Cavusoglu, as well as their Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu, on the occasion of their participation in the Romania - Poland - Turkey informal trilateral meeting organized in Bucharest, the Presidential Administration said in a release.

Romania's Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu welcomed Ahmad Majdalani, member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee, on Wednesday, to reconfirm Romania's support for the completion of the Middle East Peace Process.

Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu welcomed Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf Khalafov, in Bucharest, on Tuesday, for a round of consultations at the invitation of the Romanian side. The meeting highlighted the importance of the strategic bilateral partnership.

Romania's Ambassador to the US George Maior argued that he told the truth regarding Rudolph Giuliani's letter which was send to the authorities in Bucharest and added that "there is a political interest so that he leaves this office."

Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Melescanu on Monday stated that Romania's foreign affairs and diplomacy can and have the duty to continue to work as "a fundamental binder of the society."