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The name of Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja has been circulated to be a liaison emissary in relations with the United States of America, but when asked on Thursday if he will occupy this position, Burduja said that this issue has not been raised. "There were all kinds of speculations and this issue was not raised. Certainly, the role of the United States of America in global politics is a fundamental one and for Romania, it is also a vital one, as a security partner, as an economic development partner and as a partner in the area of ​​research and innovation, all three dimensions being part of the strategic partnership that Romania has with the United States of America. There is a special dynamic in global politics, there is a special dynamic in the foreign relations policy that the United States has at the moment and I am convinced that Romania needs very good people who, together with all those who care about our evolution and our role in NATO, can contribute to this positive relationship", said Burduja, asked about the position of liaison emissary in relations with the US, during a press conference. Asked further if he would accept this position if it were offered to him, Burduja said that he did not want to get "into these speculations". "I am the Minister of Energy, we have many projects in the works and I am glad that almost in every government meeting we manage to solve a problem that may have been from today, yesterday or decades ago. We have large investments, hydroelectric power plants with an advanced stage of execution and there is a dispute with several environmental NGOs that I honestly do not understand because I would think that, being in Romania, they also have the interest of Romanians as their main objective and our interest can only be the energy security of the country", Burduja also said. Burduja was also asked if he would take over the position of Foreign Minister if Emil Hurezeanu were to be dismissed. Burduja said that "out of respect for my government colleagues and for Minister Hurezeanu, for the Prime Minister of Romania, for President Bolojean and the others who have, in practice, the foreign area in their attributions, I do not think it is appropriate for me to make a statement. And it is also a form of respect for the portfolio of the Ministry of Energy, for my colleagues at the ministry". Asked if he had a discussion in the PNL or with the Prime Minister regarding the position of liaison emissary with the US or Foreign Minister, Burduja said that "this issue was not raised". In addition to Sebastian Burduja's name, the name of presidential advisor Dacian Cioloș was also circulated in the public space for the position of Foreign Minister.

În SUA, o fată a fost impinsă din faţa unei maşinu care n-a oprit la trecerea de pieteni.

The Romanian part of the US Aegis anti-missile shield in Deveselu, Olt county, completed a scheduled technical update on Friday, according to a NATO statement.

The US Army sent hundreds of troops and supplemental F-16 fighter jets in Romania to bolster defense on NATO’s Eastern flank and discourage possible Russian aggression, according to army personnel quoted by American military newspaper Stars and Stripes.

Statele Unite ale Americii au transmis Germaniei că vor întrerupe schimbul de informaţii secrete dacă va permite companiei Huawei să participe la dezvoltarea reţelei mobile 5G.

Romania is not using any equipment made by Chinese tech giant Huawei in the essential infrastructure managed by its Special Telecommunications Service (STS), the agency announced in a statement sent to Reuters.

Romania’s highest defense body, CSAT, has allowed the USA to use the Mihail Kogalniceanu airport and Constanta harbor in southeastern Romania as transit points for the transport of troops and arms to and from Iraq and Afghanistan.

U.S. diplomats said in November 2007 the impending "final offer" by the U.S. Army Foreign Claims Service, Europe to the family of the late Romanian rock star Teofil Peter seems certain to have a significant, negative effect on the U.S.-Romanian relationship, The Guardian reported.

The United States Department of State 2008 human rights report on Romania criticizes aspects of the country’s uninominal voting system whose formula is too complex, as well as the lack of convictions in high-level corruption cases and the existence of ethnic and religious discrimination.

One off-duty US soldier was shot with rubber bullets, Saturday morning, in a fight broken out between another three of his buddies had with a group of bikers in Romanian seaside resort Mamaia.

A journalist from an American daily was stabbed in Romania by two Rromani ethnics in eastern Romanial locality Teisoru, in Vaslui county, while he was conducting research in the Rromani community of that area.