Through their military strength, unique in the world,
\nand the enormous contribution to the NATO budget, the US has often been
\ndescribed as the first among equals within NATO. Through its neighbourhood with
\nUkraine, which was last year invaded by the Russian troops, Romania – itself a
\nNATO member and linked to the US by a 25-year long strategic partnership – has
\nbeen an essential player in the efforts of the free world to help Ukraine
\nresist. Romania has been a transit country for exports of cereals and other
\nUkrainian agri-food products to world markets, helping Kyiv keep its war-shaken
\neconomy afloat. The humanitarian tragedy in the neighbouring country would have
\nbeen worse without the help of the Romanian people. More than 4.5 million Ukrainian
\ncitizens have fled the war in their country through Romania. Most of them
\ncontinued their journey to countries in western Europe, but about 100,000,
\nmostly women and children, have stayed here. <\/p>\n
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This month, the number of Ukrainian citizens finding employment
\nin Romania since the start of the war reached a new high, said the labour
\nministry in Bucharest, Marius Bud\u0103i. He said
\n6,810 employment contracts were signed with Ukrainian citizens, the highest
\nlevel since 24th February 2022. Most Ukrainian citizens employed in
\nRomania, 1,452, are working in the processing industry, and 1,181 in
\nconstructions, while 737 are working in trade. The majority, 2,770, work in
\nBucharest and 418 in Timi\u015f county, in the west. <\/p>\n
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Together with our European, transatlantic
\nand global partners, the United States and Romania have acted and will continue
\nto act in support of Ukraine and all vulnerable partners in the Black Sea
\nregion, president Klaus Iohannis reiterated on Wednesday evening at a
\nreception hosted by the US embassy in Bucharest to celebrate national day. The
\nAmerican ambassador to Romania Kathleen
\nKavalec said Romania and the US wish to build democratic, more inclusive and
\nmore prosperous societies and these common values are the reason why they stay
\nunited in the face of what she called Russia’s unprovoked and terrible attack
\non Ukraine. Almost simultaneously with the speeches made in Bucharest, US
\npresident Joe Biden said in Washington that his Russian counterpart Vladimir
\nPutin is a pariah around the world’. Asked by the White House journalists if
\nPutin’s regime is weakened after the failed rebellion of the Wagner mercenary
\ngroup, Biden said it was hard to tell, but that Putin was clearly losing the
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