Romania's Interior Minister Carmen Dan will be in the United States on November 8 and 9 to attend an EU-US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting.
At this summit, expected to be also attended by the US attorney general, Dan will present the priorities of the forthcoming Romanian presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of home affairs, according to a press statement released by the Romanian Interior Ministry on Wednesday.
The EU-US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting is held once every half year by the country that holds the six-month rotating presidency of the EU Council.
The November 8-9 meeting is organised by the Austrian presidency of the EU Council in Washington DC, according to the custom that the venue of the meeting in the first half of the year is the country of holding the rotating presidency, while the US capital city is the venue for the meeting in the second half of the year.
The EU is currently represented in Washington by the interior and justice ministers of the Austria, a Romanian delegation, given that the country assumes the presidency on January 1, 2019, and the European commissioners for migration, home affairs and security. The US Delegation is headed by the attorney general and the head of the Homeland Security Department.
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