Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, has hailed on Wednesday the exemplary conduct of Romania as a NATO member, US ally and partner during a meeting with Romania's Ambassador to Washington, George Cristian Maior, a press release remitted to AGERPRES shows.
Boehner made a visit to the headquarters of the Romanian Embassy in the US together with former Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, and former Republican congressman Jack Kingston, presently a member of the transition team of President-elect Donald Trump.
According to the release, the delegation discussed the cooperation priorities of the Romanian-American relationship in the context of the nearing inauguration of the future Republican administration.
The Romanian Ambassador emphasized the most important aspects that define the content of the strategic partnership between Romania and the United States, insisting on the fact that the element of trust is primordial in evaluating the perspectives for development of cooperation between the two countries.
Furthermore, Ambassador Maior has pleaded for the strengthening of the North Atlantic Alliance through the contribution assumed by each of the member-states, showing that American support and commitment remain fundamental for the security, stability and prosperity of Europe and the Euro-Atlantic community.
Furthermore, the American poltiicians showed that the strength of the Romanian-American relation is measured through joint cooperation projects, such as the management of the missile defence system, the efforts to fight terrorism, the maintaining of a high level of expertise in realms such as energy security and cybernetic security.
The American politicians also stated their belief that, in all these domains, the experience of cooperation with Romania has reached excellence standards and they underlined the intent to continue to support the development of economic relations between Romania and the US correlated with the priorities of the future administration.