The MAE chief announces when the visit of President Dan to the US / which is the situation with the Visa Waiver program is estimated
Nicușor Dan and Donald Trump hold their hands at the NATO Summit in The Hague. Photo: Presidential Administration
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana Tiuiu, claims that a visit from President Nicuşor Dan to the United States and a meeting with Donald Trump will most likely take place in the first quarter of 2026, Agerpres reports.
On September 20, Ţoiu will be located in Chicago, his agenda with three main objectives, including the preparation of the visit and the meeting between the two heads of state, the MAE chief said on TVR Info.
“We will announce it at that time at the calendar level, but I can clarify it at the agenda level. There are three main objectives: our participation in the UN General Assembly – this is the main agenda in New York, meeting with Romanian communities both in New York and Chicago, and preparing the subsequent visit, at the beginning of next year, between President Donald. quarter of 2026, ”said Tiuiu.
About Visa Waiver: “We are in a much better place than a few months ago”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs also stated on TVR Info on Sunday that they are working on all the levels to include Romania in the Visa Waiver program and that “we are in a much better place than a few months ago.”
“During this period, the Visa Waiver program is extremely important for us. We have a few bridges there, but we are in a much better place than a few months ago, I would say,” said Oana Ţoiu.
The head of Romanian diplomacy avoided saying when Romanians could get rid of visas for America, showing that he wants to announce progress when he is completed.
“Romania has to enter the Visa Waiver program. It cannot be acceptable in the medium and long term that a Schengen country is not in the Visa Waiver program and we are not just about Romania's interest in it. The Visa Waiver program also generates an increase in tourism, which also means an interest to the United States.”
“Institutional, what we do now is that we work especially at the level of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at the level of the Chancellery, at our level, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and of the Embassy, and of course this is very important on the president's agenda. But many optimistic statements to the Visa Waiver program have been made in these days. New, let me announce progress once it is completed, because Romania has often heard on television that we enter Visa Waiver from officials, ”said Oana Ţoiu.
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