Deputy PM Birchall had a meeting with US Secretary of Commerce Ross
Deputy Prime Minister for Implementation of Romania's Strategic Partnerships, Ana Birchall, currently on a visit to the United States of America, had a meeting with Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce, on Thursday, in which they addressed important topics in the context of developing and deepening the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the USA.
"We have had a very good meeting today with Wilbur Ross, US Secretary of Commerce, and we have approached important topics in the context of developing and deepening the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the US, especially on the economic dimension: the prospects of strengthening economic relations with the US, the need for a consistent follow-up to the Bucharest Summit of the Three Seas Initiative and promoting Romania's candidacy to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)," Birchall wrote on Facebook.
"We are interested in pursuing the close collaboration with the US so as to fully exploit the Initiative's potential and stimulate the United States' economic presence in the region, alongside the security dimension and to further back the transatlantic agenda. Last but not least, I thanked Mr Wess Mitchell for the US' support of Romania's candidacy to the OECD," Ana Birchall specified.
She also talked with Wess Mitchell, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, about promoting Romania's candidacy to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
According to a press release published on the Romanian Deputy Prime Minister's site, Ana Birchall had a series of meetings with high-ranking officials of the US administration on Thursday.