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Prime minister Nicolae Ciuca will be on a working visit to Stockholm on Friday, during which he will have meetings with the Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristers.
DEFENCE The strategic partnership between
the US and Romania has never been stronger, said the US secretary of defence,
Lloyd Austin, during the talks with his Romanian counterpart Angel Tîlvăr in
Washington on Thursday. According to a news release from the Pentagon, the US
official praised the excellent relations between the two countries armed
forces and thanked Romania for hosting thousands of US and Allied troops to
bolster deterrence on NATO s eastern flank, and for its role as a leader in the
Black Sea region. The two officials condemned Russia s reckless war of choice
in Ukraine and reiterated their firm support for Ukraine. The Romanian defence
minister is on a visit to the US for several days, and has meetings scheduled
with senior US officials in the following days. B9 The meeting of foreign
ministers in the Bucharest 9 format carries on today in Łódź (Poland),
co-chaired by the head of the Romanian diplomacy Bogdan Aurescu and his Polish counterpa