A LONG FRIENDSHIP
Romania and the United States share a long-standing friendship, the two countries established diplomatic relations on June 14, 1880.
A STRONG PARTNERSHIP
Defined today as one of the fundamental pillars of Romania’s foreign policy, the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the United States remains a key milestone on Romania’s Euro-Atlantic pathway for the past 25 years.
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Did you know?

The first U.S. diplomatic representative to Romania was Eugene Schuyler?

Romania’s first head of mission in the United States was Dr. Constantin Angelescu?

In October 1926, Queen Mary began her famous visit to the United States, arousing the interest and acclaim of the whole country?

Romanian-American soldiers fought in the American Civil War?

The first telephone line between Romania and the United States was inaugurated on November 9, 1931

In December 1926, the newspaper Universul published a map of the distribution of Romanians in the USA?

On September 3, 1933, the day dedicated to Romania takes place at the Chicago World’s Fair?

A large part of the art objects brought by Romania for the New York World’s Fair (1939-1940), are today at the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral „Saint Mary” in Cleveland, Ohio?

The Romanian Library in New York was established in 1969?

In 1972 the course “Romanian Civilization” is introduced at the University of Columbia in New York?

The Strategic Partnership between Romania and the United States was launched 25 years ago, on July 11, 1997, on the occasion of the visit to Bucharest of U.S. President Bill Clinton?

On November 23, 2002 a rainbow appeared above the Revolution Square during the official visit of the U.S. President George W. Bush to Romania

In 2011, the Agreement between Romania and the United States of America on the Deployment of the United States Ballistic Missile Defense System in Romania was signed and that construction works of the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Site in Deveselu started in 2013?

In 1998 President Emil Constantinescu became the first and only Romanian leader that addressed the U.S. Congress in joint session?

The First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, visited Romania in May 2022?

Romania is the most pro-American country in the European Union?

Up to one million Romanian-Americans live and work in the United States?

Romania is one of the few countries in the world with a complete nuclear cycle?

Between January and March 1930, the historian Nicolae Iorga made a long journey through the USA, where he visited 20 cities, being welcomed by the Romanian-American community and where he met with U.S. President Herbert Hoover?

The first edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Washington D.C. took place in 2017?

The first issue of the New York Romanian Library Bulletin was published in January 1972?

A photo from the first round of negotiations of the Agreement between Romania and the U.S. on the location of the ballistic missile defense system was inserted into a “Time Capsule”?
