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| Romania’s Foreign Policy Priorities |
| (2012-05-16) |
| Last updated: 2012-05-17 13:10 EET |
Romania’s joining the Schengen agreement, boosting strategic partnerships and relaunching traditional economic relations with such countries as Russia and China are some of the priorities of Romania’s foreign policy, Romanian Foreign Minister Andrei Marga told Radio Romania.
Andrei Marga: “Getting the relation with Russia back to normal is, in my opinion, quite beneficial for our country. It’s true that Romania’s export market is that of the EU, and this is a big advantage, but sometimes we cannot compete successfully enough on this market. The Russian market keeps providing other markets, such as those of Kazakhstan, Ukraine and even China, why not? Obviously, we must use these markets too.”
Andrei Marga claims that Romania must cut down red tape in order to attract more foreign investors. To this end, he gave the example of China, whose investments in our country have encountered some problems. Andrei Marga:
Andrei Marga: “The relationship with China is very important for Romania’s development. China has the capacity to invest. China has brought capital to build highways in Romania, too, but, because of bureaucratic problems, very little has been actually done. China must be stimulated to come here.”
According to Andrei Marga, boosting economic cooperation and stimulating US investment in Romania is another priority of his term. Getting back to the issue of Romania’s Schengen accession, minister Marga said he was assured by his Dutch counterpart, Uri Rosenthal, that he would intervene to accelerate the process.
Currently, only the Netherlands opposes Romania’s and Bulgaria’s Schengen accession, which was initially planned to take place in March 2011, invoking the two countries’ lack of progress in combating corruption. The EU will make a decision in this respect in September. As for the relation with the neighboring Republic of Moldova, the Romanian minister pleaded for strengthening the privileged partnership between the two countries.
On the other hand, the Romanian Foreign Minister reiterated Romania’s support for a long term involvement of the EU in the stabilization of Afghanistan, also after the pull out of the international forces, set for 2014. Marga said Romania would stay involved in Afghanistan at all three levels – the EU, NATO and in the bilateral relations. Also, he said Bucharest would observe its commitment to supporting the consolidation of Afghanistan’s administrative capacity.
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