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  • Interview with South Korea’s Ambassador in Romania, Rim Kap-soo

    Interview with South Korea’s Ambassador in Romania, Rim Kap-soo


    2023 marks 15 years since the establishment of the Strategic Partnership between South Korea and Romania. On this special occasion, the Ambassador of South Korea to Bucharest, HE Rim Kap-Soo was invited to Radio Romania, where he was also interviewed by Eugen Cojocariu. Ambassador Kap-Soo spoke of the excellent relations between Romania and South Korea, particularly in the economic field, where two-way trade stands at 1.3 bln EUR. Last week, Seoul donated 81 pieces of lab equipment to Romania worth 3.67 mln EUR, which will be used by the National Institute for Public Health. The South-Korean Ambassador said this is a gesture of goodwill in light of the excellent cooperation between the two countries in the COVID pandemic, when Bucharest donated 1.5 mln shots of anti-COVID vaccine to Seoul.




  • US Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec visits Cluj to reassert US engagement in the area

    US Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec visits Cluj to reassert US engagement in the area

    The US Ambassador to Bucharest this week traveled to Cluj-Napoca and the surrounding areas. Her visit was meant to reaffirm the extent of U.S. engagement with Cluj County.

    On the sidelines of
    her visit, Ambassador Kavalec met with Cluj Mayor Emil Boc, visited the iLab
    business incubator of the Babeș-Bolyai University and met
    with students, guests and employees of the American Corner in Cluj-Napoca. The
    US ambassador also launched the We The People photographic exhibit
    celebrating over 25 years of the U.S.-Romania Strategic Partnership at the Museum
    of Art at Banffy Palace.

    In an interview to our colleague András Papp-Zako from Radio Romania
    Cluj-Napoca, Ambassador Kavalec described relations with Romania in the context
    of Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine.

    https://ro.usembassy.gov/u-s-ambassador-kavalecs-visit-highlights-active-engagement-with-transylvania-region-in-northwestern-romania/

  • Romanian Prime Minister Visits China

    One of the world’s largest manufacturing countries, China has the status of world banker. Due to the world economic crisis of the past years, the West moved past its ideological differences with the communist regime in China in order to establish trade and economic ties with Beijing. There are a number of political leaders from the West who issue respectful statements to their partners in Beijing. Romania has had excellent and long-lasting relations with China.



    Ever since the communist period, Bucharest distanced itself from Moscow, and established a cordial relationship with Beijing, which lasted even after the communist regime ended. Today a member of NATO and the EU, Romania is still a friend of China. 2014 marks 65 years of bilateral diplomatic relations with China and 10 years since the signing of a detailed cooperation partnership.



    Prime Minister Victor Ponta is in China for the second consecutive year and his visit comes as a response to the one made by his Chinese counterpart to Romania in 2013, occasioned by the China-Eastern and Central Europe Forum. At the time Romania and China signed 13 memorandums, mostly in the field of energy, which led to Chinese investments worth over 5 billion euros in the Romanian market.



    The main topic on the agenda of the visit is economic cooperation between Romania and China. On the sideline of official meetings, a meeting was organized between the representatives of the main Chinese companies and banks operating in Romania or planning on investing in this country. Accompanied by Ministers of Regional Development, Transport, Energy and Agriculture, Prime Minister Ponta scheduled a visit to a technological park and meetings with representatives from the fields of IT, car parts, car manufacturers and bio products.



    The Prime Minister’s agenda also includes common projects in the fields of education and culture. Ponta, who announced he is running for office in the Presidential elections in November, also went to China to discuss politics with the Chinese head of state, Xi Jinping and the Parliament’s president, Zhang Dejiang.