Romania is "fully prepared" to join Schengen: Prime minister Citu

BUCHAREST, JAN 28: Romania is "fully prepared" to join the Schengen area, 

Romanian prime minister Florin Citu told his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte 

in a phone conversation on Monday, January 25.

"Yesterday [e.n. Monday] I had a telephone conversation with the prime minister 

of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte. We analyzed the promising prospects for 

cooperation between Romania and the Netherlands, focusing on strengthening 

economic relations and boosting political dialogue," Citu wrote in a Facebook post.

"Our legitimate goal of joining the Schengen area was one of the key points 

reached in the discussion with prime minister Rutte, to whom I told that Romania 

is, without a doubt, fully prepared to enter the Schengen area," the Romanian 

PM added.

The evolution of the pandemic and the vaccination process in the two states 

were two other topics discussed, Florin Citu also said. 

Romania's accession to the Schengen area since 2011, according to G4media.ro. 

In May 2019, during the EU summit in Sibiu, the Dutch prime minister said that 

Romania would be ready for admission to the Schengen area "when it complies 

with the rule of law and democracy."

In December 2018, the European Parliament adopted a report supporting the 

Schengen membership for Bulgaria and Romania.

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COURTESY romania-insider

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