Teodor Melescanu

Attending a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting in Brussels on Monday, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu welcomed the opportunity to discuss the Western Balkans, given the upward trend in their relationships with the EU.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila had a meeting with European Commissioners in Brussels on Wednesday, assuring them that Romania is fully prepared to take over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2019, according to a press statement released by the Romanian government.

The latest developments in economic co-operation between Romania and Norway is encouraging, with the total volume of trade between the two countries having jumped more than 150 percent this year to over 420 million euro, Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Monday.

Bucharest, Dec 1 /Agerpres/ - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Teodor Melescanu, stated that the Great Union of 1918 was the "sublime act of Romanian national will", which belongs to the nation and is not the singular work of any political figure, party or government.

Romania's Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu on Wednesday met delegations of foreign affairs committees of Poland's Senate and Turkey's Grand National Assembly to welcome strengthening parliamentary dialogue among the three countries.

The new ministers of Education, Defence, Labor and Social Justice, Economy, Culture and National Identity, Communications and Information Society, as well as that of Youth and Sports have been sworn in, on Tuesday, at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in front of President Klaus Iohannis.

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu met on Friday in Bucharest with Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto and discussed with him about the National Gas Transmission System on the Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria corridor (BRUA) project, as well as about the rhetoric of the leaders in Budapest, a release of the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) sent to AGERPRES

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu on Thursday welcomed senior official with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus Minas Hadjimichael, highlighting the excellent level of the bilateral relationship and agreeing on consolidating it through a mechanism for regular consultations at the level of the two ministries.

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu and European Commissioner for Budget Gunther Oettinger on Tuesday met to discuss the major issues on the European agenda that will be managed by Romania while holding the six-month rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with an emphasis on negotiations over the Multi-annual Financial Framework 2021-2027.

Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Block stated on Monday upon meeting his Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu that his country upholds the priorities Romania has set for itself during the presidency of the Council of the European Union, in view of promoting the EU's values and also underscored that these values must focus on human rights.