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Luminița Odobescu, received the positive opinion to take up the position of Permanent Representative of Romania to the EU

Luminița Odobescu, received the positive opinion to take up the position of Permanent Representative of Romania to the EU
13 Mai 2015   •   18:04

United foreign policy committees of Parliament have endorsed favorably Tuesday, with 21 votes "for" and one abstention, Luminita Odobescu’s nomination as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union, according to Agerpres.

Luminita Odobescu argued before the MPs that she will seek to promote objectives of priority interest for Romania, such as completion of the accession to the Schengen area.

"I am referring to discussions with the European Commission to represent Romania's progress under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (...) but also in preparation for the accession to the euro area or in a dialogue with the European Commission regarding European funds ", Luminita Odobescu said.

In her view, a major objective for Romania in this period will be to prepare and hold the 2019 EU Council presidency.
In foreign policy, she noted that for Romania it is crucial the closeness to the EU of the countries in our neighboring area - Moldova, and to further support the enlargement process with the Balkan states and Turkey.

"The relations with our strategic partners remain a priority on the agenda of the permanent representation, I mean the strengthening of the transatlantic relationship, the completion of negotiations for transatlantic trade and investment partnership, to continue and complete free trade negotiations with other global actors such as Japan, Canada, China, " Odobescu said.
She deemed it a priority to continue f the dialogue with the European Parliament and the Romanian MEPs.

"It is important to continue the sustained dialogue with the Romanian members of the EP to ensure that we promote a consistent and coherent national position. It remains on the agenda the continuation of a proactive dialogue with the European institutions, the representatives of the Member States. (. ..). I would like to emphasize the sustained dialogue with Romanians in the European institutions and further promoting a more consistent representation of Romanians in European institutions at managerial, and technical, levels " Luminita Odobescu said.


The united foreign policy committees in Parliament heard Tuesday the 14 nominees for the positions of ambassadors— Luminița Odobescu, Mihnea Motoc, Bogdan Mazuru, Adrian Cosmin Vieriță, Mihai Constantin Coman, Viorel Moșanu.

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