Held every year in early September, the annual meeting of Romanian
\ndiplomacy this year is being held with the strict observance of
\npandemic-related regulations and is unfolding via videoconference. Opening the
\nevent, President Klaus Iohannis recalled the main pillars of Romanian
\ndiplomacy: boosting Romania’s role at EU and NATO levels and consolidating and
\nexpanding the Strategic Partnership with the United States. Romanian diplomacy
\nmust make efforts to further implement these points, the president said. In
\nturn, Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu announced the Ministry is working on a
\nset of new lines of diplomatic action, adapted to the effects of COVID-19. The
\ntask has been ongoing for the last three months and will result in strategies
\nadapted to the current international context. The ongoing coronacrisis is
\namplifying the major process in international relations, which is why Romanian
\ndiplomacy has to constantly adapt. The meeting is aimed at tackling the main
\ntendencies created or accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic at global and
\nEuropean level and pave the way for the creation of a more effective early
\nprevention mechanism for crisis situations. Bogdan Aurescu:<\/p>\n
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Adapting doesn’t entail a fundamental change in the basis of our
\nforeign policies, namely increasing our profile and role at the level of the EU
\nand NATO and developing and expanding our Strategic Partnership with the United
\nStates, as well as supporting multilateralism, international law and democratic
\nvalues<\/p>\n
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Also attending the event, Liberal Prime Minister Ludovic Orban
\ninsisted on the essential requirements Romania must comply with in order to
\nremain predictable in its foreign dealings. Referring to the often haphazard
\nforeign policy initiatives of previous left-wing Governments, the Prime
\nMinister said:<\/p>\n
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The time of diplomatic ventures observing political party
\ninterests is now past. The time of stirring tension and wars with paper
\nsoldiers is also long gone. Romania now has a Government that is deeply
\ncommitted to upholding democracy and all international commitments, first and
\nforemost to our strategic allies, the United States of America, the European
\nUnion, NATO and all our other partners. <\/p>\n
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Also worth mentioning is that the guest list this year includes
\nthe EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borell, and the NATO
\nDeputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoana, himself a foreign minister. <\/p>\n
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(Translated by V. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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