US ambassador says partnership with Romania “has never been stronger”

Darryl Nirenberg, the new United States ambassador to Bucharest, presented his story from before his appointment in Romania in a video recording posted on Facebook. He said that the partnership between the two countries “has never been stronger and more important than it is now.”

The diplomat expressed support for president Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda in the video. He also said that Romania and the US would strengthen their partnership in defense and security, as NATO allies, expanding trade relations, including in energy and technology, and deepening the close ties between the two countries.