Romania–United States relations

Romania and the United Stats of America will continue to be a bulwark of Euro-Atlantic values and they will meet all the future challenges together, as partners and allies, a joint press statement issued on Monday by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Department of State underscores.

President Klaus Iohannis, speaking today at the decoration ceremony of U.S. ambassador to Romania, Adrian Zuckerman, said that Romania remains a strong ally and a trusted friend of the United States of America.

Diplomatic relations between Romania and the United States of America are, 140 years since their establishment, stronger "than ever," President Klaus Iohannis said in a message sent on Sunday.

US Ambassador in Bucharest Adrian Zuckerman said on Friday at the Ford plant in southern Craiova that Romania has made important steps and has the potential to become a regional leader, but to harness that potential, it still needs work and visionary leaders, such as President Iohannis and Acting Prime Minister Orban.

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu had a formal working meeting with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo in Washington on Monday to discuss regional security and energy co-operation, according to a press statement released on Monday by Romania's Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE).

Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Monday he had noticed that several regulations had been issued and there are institutions placed under political control that can seriously influence the fair presidential elections due in November.

He explained he had made an analysis of the developments ahead of the polls.

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US Vice-President Joe Biden is to visit Bucharest for talks with Romanian leaders on the volatile situation in Ukraine, among other matters.

President Traian Basescu on Monday said he had invited Biden to Romania, but declined to specify the timing of the visit.

“Romania is extremely concerned over developments in neighboring Ukraine, which have a serious impact on international security. In such a context, we have concrete expectations of a redeployment and an eastward repositioning of NATO's naval, air and ground forces," Romanian Foreign Minister, Titus Corlatean, said on Thursday.