Romania welcomes the the Belt and Road Initiative as a continuation of the Silk Road idea in the 21st century, Florin Marius Tacu, secretary of state with the Chancellery of the Romanian prime minister, told a workshop in Bucharest on March 29.
Tacu, former Romanian consul general in Shanghai, said that Romanian President Klaus Iohannis stressed the wish to facilitate the economic exchanges between Europe and China, when meeting with diplomatic corps in Bucharest in January 2015.
The official said that Romania is "interested in all fields: nuclear energy, infrastructure ... We are making efforts to streamline the procedures for Romanian products to enter the Chinese market."
Daniel Tanase, from the Department of Globalization of the Romanian Foreign Ministry, said that China's initiative to bring a new Silk Road to connect Europe and Asia is a good input to stimulate the 16+1 cooperation.
Xu Feihong, Chinese ambassador to Romania, also said,"China put forward the Belt and Road Initiative by analyzing the challenges in today's world and China's new tasks, to enhance cooperation and promote common development."
The ambassador emphasized that in 2015, Chinese companies invested 40.8 billion U.S. dollars in the countries along the Belt and Road. The Chinese economy will take off together with the economies of the Belt and Road countries which will bring prosperity to Asia and Europe.
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