While explaining that the country\u2019s foreign policy needs to remain predictable and coherent, president Nicu\u015for Dan outlined three directions that need to be emphasized: security, the economic aspect, and Romanians living abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur foreign policy needs to remain predictable and coherent: EU and NATO membership, the strategic partnership with the US, and the rule-based order. These are not things we will change,\u201d the president said at a meeting with Romanian diplomats on August 26.<\/p>\n
Referring to the large community of Romanians living abroad, he spoke of the need for a \u201creal strategy\u201d targeting them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll say this straightforwardly: Romania does not have at this moment a real strategy for the Romanians in the diaspora, doesn\u2019t have an exhaustive survey on the needs of these people, and this is something that the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Presidency need to do so as to develop a strategy with objectives, budgets, and deadlines. It will be your task to see that the partnership with the Romanians who have chosen to live abroad is more efficient than it is today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Referring to the external affairs, the president pointed to the multiple, ongoing crises, among them the war in Ukraine and the hybrid war, all of which require diplomacy to adapt.<\/p>\n
He also spoke of the need to maintain the Republic of Moldova as a priority.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue to support the efforts to join the EU, as well as the specific things they need: transport, energy, and economic cooperation. I am optimistic that the citizens of Moldova will continue their European path in the elections held at the end of next month.\u201d<\/p>\n