The United States and Romania: Strategic Partners for 25 Years – United States Department of State – Department of State

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Office of the Spokesperson
November 28, 2022
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership between the United States and Romania. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Bucharest, Romania November 28-30 for a meeting of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs and will meet with senior Romanian officials, including President Klaus Iohannis and Foreign Minster Bogdan Aurescu.
President Clinton announced the Strategic Partnership during a historic visit to Romania in 1997.  Speaking at Bucharest’s University Square, he said “[we] have agreed to establish a Strategic Partnership between our nations, a partnership important to America because Romania is important to America—important in your own right and important as a model in this difficult part of the world.  Romania can show the people of this region and, indeed, people throughout the world that there is a better way than fighting and division and repression.  It is cooperation and freedom and peace.  Our friendship will en­dure the test of time.  As long as you proceed down democracy’s road, America will walk by your side.”
For the past 25 years, the United States and Romania have walked that road together and strengthened bilateral relations, supported Romania’s democratic development and Euro-Atlantic integration, fostered shared prosperity, and worked together to face regional and global challenges. Our Strategic Partnership is rooted in a shared commitment to democratic values, including the rule of law, open markets, respect for and the promotion of human rights, and the strong bonds between the peoples of Romania and the United States.
Security cooperation is central to our Strategic Partnership as NATO Allies.
Shared economic prosperity has been another important focus of our Strategic Partnership.
The Strategic Partnership has fostered mutual understanding and enduring ties between our peoples based on our shared values.
And the United States and Romania stand with Ukraine.
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