Bucharest. “We have a ten-year strategic partnership with Romania that also consolidated by the presence of a very large Romanian community present in Italy. Italy has been one of the main trading partners of Romania for years, with an exchange equal to €12.95 billion and over 23,000 companies operating in Romania. There is also a strong partnership at the European level, which we are interested in strengthening even more in view of the first Romanian Presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2019” according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, in view of his visit today in Bucharest, during which he will meet the Head of State, Iohannis and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melescanu as well as representatives of the Italian community present in Romania. (9Colonne)