Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu welcomed on Friday, on a courtesy visit Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Bucharest Thomas Baekelandt, context in which they also talked about Romania's presence at the Europalia Arts Festival in 2019. Within the meeting "the excellent stage of the bilateral relations was hailed and appreciated, including in the area of cooperation regarding the administration and local communities of the two countries," a release of the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) sent to Agerpres informs.
The two officials agreed upon the importance of continuing to boost the economic and trade relations, as well as with the presence of mutual investment in the two countries. Minister Teodor Melescanu offered assurances regarding the interest of the Romanian Government for Romania's successful presence, as a guest of honor, at the 2019 edition of the Europalia Arts Festival, the largest cultural event of Belgium.
Moreover, the necessity to intensify the cooperation and coordination between the two countries was underlined, in order to increasingly capitalize the mutual interest on the European Union level, as well as on the international level, the MAE mentions.