July 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\nAccording to State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce, the discussions focused on key areas such as security and defense, energy, as well as cooperation in migration management.<\/p>\n
“Secretary of State Rubio reiterated to Minister \u021aoiu our desire for fair and balanced trade,” the State Department statement said.<\/p>\n
Rubio welcomed Romania’s participation in the electronic nationality verification program, an important step in the process of including our country in the Visa Waiver Program.<\/p>\n
Oana \u021aoiu described the discussion as “productive”, mentioning the deepening of the Strategic Partnership as a common priority.<\/p>\n
Minister \u021aoiu said the two sides are working together, building upon the achievements reached during the first administration of president Trump in key areas. She emphasized cooperation in the areas of security \u2013 including the American military presence in Romania and co-production in the defense industry \u2013 but also in energy, with an emphasis on the development of modular nuclear reactors and resources in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n
Romania’s commitment to cooperate on migration and Visa Waiver goals was also on the agenda, Minister \u021aoiu said.<\/p>\n
“The Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed her confidence that the internal security objectives of the Trump Administration will be supported by Romania’s participation in the Visa Waiver Program, reaffirming the special importance that the Romanian authorities attach to this subject and their commitment to cooperate closely with the American institutions involved, as well as the good interministerial collaboration and the important contribution of the Prime Minister in pursuing this objective,” a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also shows.<\/p>\n
(Photo:\u00a0Oana \u021aoiu on X)<\/em><\/p>\niulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on July 31, had a conversation with Romanian Foreign Minister Oana \u021aoiu about the most important aspects of bilateral relations. In a post on X, \u021aoiu said her visit to the US, planned for September, would prepare President Nicu\u0219or Dan’s official visit to Washington early next year. I had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}