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Last reviewed: 03 September 2009

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

European Union


Romania joined the EU on 1 January 2007.  Romania elected 33 MEPS in the European elections of June 2009.  PD-L and PSD-PC alliance got the highest number of seats (11 each), followed PNL (5 seats), UDMR (4 seats), PRM (2 seats).

NATO 


Romania joined NATO in 2004 and hosted the NATO Summit in Bucharest in 2008.


Romania's relations with the UK

Relations between the UK and Romania are very good.  The UK supported Romania’s membership of NATO and was the strongest supporter of Romania’s accession to the EU in January 2007, providing technical assistance prior and in the first years of EU membership. 

Cultural Relations with the UK


The British Council is active in Romania, with one of the busiest libraries in the world in Bucharest.  There are further libraries in two other cities.


Recent Visits


Inward


  • President Traian Basescu - January 2005
  • Foreign Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu - March 2005
  • President Traian Basescu – October 2005 Hampton Court
  • Foreign Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu – February 2006
  • Justice Minister Monica Macovei – October 2006
  • Education Minister Cristian Adomnitei – May 2007
  • Defence Minister Theodor Melescanu – November 2007
  • Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu – December 2007
  • Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu – December 2007
  • Economy Minister Varujan Vosganien – December 2007
  • Interior Minister Cristian David – February 2008
  • Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu – June 2008
  • Foreign Minister Diaconescu – April 2009
  • Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu – June 2008


Outward


  • Home Office Minister Caroline Flint - March 2005
  • Sir Digby Jones, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) - November 2005
  • Minister for Europe Douglas Alexander - February 2006
  • Home Secretary Charles Clarke – April 2006
  • DEFRA Minister Lord Bach – April 2006
  • Minister for State Kim Howells – May 2006
  • House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee – October 2006
  • Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott - January 2007
  • Minister for Europe, Geoff Hoon - February 2007
  • Baroness Ashton, Ministry of Justice – May 2006, September 2006 and June 2007
  • Jim Knight, Education Minister - January 2007
  • Foreign Secretary David Miliband – September 2007
  • Rt Hon Keith Vaz, MP – October 2007
  • Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker – March 2008
  • Rt Hon Elliot Morley, MP - April 2008
  • Lord Digby Jones, Minister of State for Trade – April 2008
  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown - NATO Summit April 2008
  • Foreign Secretary David Miliband NATO Summit April 2008
  • Defence Secretary, Des Browne - NATO Summit April 2008
  • Neil McMillan, Director, Cabinet Office – May 2008
  • Lord Hope of Thornes – June 2008
  • Michael Cashman, MEP – June 2008
  • Oliver Brind and Hooper Brooks, The Prince’s Charities Foundation – July 2008
  • Slough Borough Council – July 2008
  • Migration and Advisory Committee – October 2008
  • Westminster Society – October 2008
  • John Ashton, Special Representative for Climate Change – December 2008
  • Justin Mundy, Director of HRH the Prince of Wales’s Rainforest Project – February 2009
  • Matthew Rycroft, FCO’s EU Director – March 2009
  • Andrew Dalgleish, Head of Europe Strategy Group, FCO – June 2009
  • All Party Parliamentary Group – July 2009

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Contacts

Romania, Bucharest, British Embassy

Address:

British Embassy, 24 Jules Michelet
010463 Bucharest, Romania

Telephone:

Visa (40) (21) 201 7300
Main (40) (21) 201 7200

Fax:

(40) (21) 201 7299 Chancery
(40) (21) 201 7317 Consular
(40) (21) 201 7315 Management
(40) (21) 201 7311 Trade Development

Email: Press.Bucharest@fco.gov.uk

Office hours:

GMT:
Mon-Thurs: 0630-1500; Fri: 0630-1400
(From last Sun Oct - last Sun Mar)
Mon-Thurs: 0530-1400; Fri: 0530-1300
(From last Sun Mar - last Sun Oct)

Local Time:
Mon-Thurs: 0830-1700; Fri: 0830-1600

Website: http://ukinromania.fco.gov.uk