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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