Antena 3 CNN Romania The Secretary General of NATO comes to Romania on 15-16 May. U.S. Vice President visits on 20 to 23 May

The Secretary General of NATO comes to Romania on 15-16 May. U.S. Vice President visits on 20 to 23 May

The Secretary General of NATO comes to Romania on 15-16 May. U.S. Vice President visits on  20 to 23 May
13 Mai 2014   •   14:56

NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will visit Romania, on May 15-16, while the  U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden will travel  to Romania and Cyprus  on May 20-23.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will make  ​​a visit to Romania, from May 15 to 16, official sources said, quoted by Mediafax.

During the visit, Anders Fogh Rasmussen will be received by President Traian Basescu, the  NATO Secretary General will also meet with Prime Minister Victor Ponta and  with Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţean  the cited sources reported.

Approaching the end of his term in the office,  Anders Fogh Rasmussen  is making visits to several European states in this period.

The U.S. Vice-President Joseph Biden, will make visits to Romania and Cyprus on  20-23 May, mainly to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, the  White House announced.

During this mini tour, "Vice President Biden will discuss with leaders of the two countries about the international community's response to Russia's military intervention in Ukraine and about Moscow’s  illegal and destabilizing actions",  the U.S. presidency stated,  Mediafax reports.

"Vice President Biden will also discuss the need to deepen economic ties" with Romania and the Republic of Cyprus, especially within the framework of the US-EU free trade, currently under negotiation, the White House continues.

In Bucharest, Vice President Biden will meet with President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Victor Ponta.J.  Biden, who will conduct the  visits  together with his wife Jill, will meet with representatives of the civil society, as well as with Romanian and American troops.

The U.S. Vice President will highlight Washington's commitment for the  collective security of NATO members and will thank  Romania for  its contributions to regional and global security.

President Traian Basescu stated on Monday that he had invited  U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden to come to Romania, saying that the Pentagon chief would come too, but  he would not say when the  visit was planned, because it was decided that  the announcement would be  made simultaneously with the White House. "I made an invitation to Vice President Biden to come to Romania, I proposed  a date, but we  decided release  simultaneously the announcements related to this visits," said the president.
 
Traian Băsescu  did not want to state when the visit was planned, adding that it was a   " security matter”, but he did mention the chief of the pentagon would be  coming too.

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