"We welcome the presidential elections in Ukraine, an important step toward the ease of tensions and restoring security for all Ukrainians, we hereby strongly disapprove of Russian aggression against Ukraine, by the annexation of Crimea and the destabilization of the Southern and Eastern Ukraine, we firmly reject a return to the kind of spheres of influence policy, the Russian Federation is trying to promote in the former Soviet region, " the statement of the Chamber of Deputies reads.
According to him, the presidents of the two groups, "deeply concerned about the possible extension of the instability in Republic of Moldova", encourage governments in Kiev and Chisinau to adopt a policy of national cohesion and identify values and national projects on which to work together with the opposition in parliament, in full respect of the constitutional framework.
The two groups are in favor of continuing the dialogue between the United States, the European Union, Ukraine and the Russian Federation to prevent civil war in Ukraine and continue pursuing sanction policies by the U.S. government and the governments of the European Union against the Russian Federation , if Moscow does not take action to ease the situation, for increasing U.S. and NATO military presence in Romania , Poland and the Baltic States in the spirit of Transatlantic solidarity of firm commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, to the performance by the NATO countries of the commitments already made on the allocation of 2% of GDP for defense spending and recognize Georgia's aspirations to join NATO , given the sovereign right of each state to decide which alliance to join”, reads the joint statement
The Pro-America Group of the Romanian Parliament, established in 2010, aims to support the development of political cooperation, strategic, civic, cultural, economic and technological between Romania and the United States. Groups of friends to Romania from the U.S. Congress was formed in 2011 to promote legislative solutions for Romanian citizens so that they should no longer need visas to travel to the United States, and to support the objectives circumscribed in Strategic Partnership between Romania and the U.S. ..
This friends group is led by republican Michael Turner.