Jill Biden met U.S., NATO troops at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, visits public school in Bucharest hosting Ukrainian children

The First Lady of the United States of America, Jill Biden, began her visit to Romania on Friday afternoon. First, she went to  the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, where she met with the American and NATO troops stationed there.

The First Lady of the United States is accompanied on this trip by Karen Donfried, Deputy Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, but also by former US Ambassador in Bucharest (2009 – 2012) Mark Gitenstein, currently US Ambassador to the European Union, and his wife, Elizabeth Gitenstein.

After visiting Romania, Jill Biden will travel to Bratislava, Slovakia.

In a tweet, Jill Biden said that troops at MK Air Base “continue to answer the call of duty with courage, honor and strength”.

Our troops at MK Air Base continue to answer the call of duty with courage, honor, and strength.

Joe and I are praying for the safety of each and every member of our military working for peace alongside our NATO allies. pic.twitter.com/uZv2l4JC2n

— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) May 7, 2022

The first lady of the United States went to the dining room with the American soldiers, to whom she served portions of food – mac & cheese, or, in Romanian, macaroni and cheese sauce. Jill Biden talked to the U.S. soldiers about the difficulties they have when they are apart from their families.

While on MK Air Base, Jill Biden Jill Biden also spoke with the son of one of the American soldiers, whom he read with his mother, Sergeant Sharon Rogers, through a video link from a story book for an hour.

On Saturday, Jill Biden also met with Carmen Iohannis, the wife of Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis and they both visited a public school in Bucharest, which hosts Ukrainian refugee students.

The First Lady of the United States of America, Jill Biden, was greeted on Saturday by President Klaus Iohannis and his wife, Carmen Iohannis. While Jill Biden received a bouquet of white peonies, Carmen Iohannis received a visibly larger and more colorful bouquet.

The meeting between the two and the mothers in Ukraine was emotional. The women recounted the dramas and traumas experienced during the war and their flight from the country.

The US and Romanian First Ladies’ visit to the public school in Bucharest was mentioned in an incident, announced by the District 1 mayor of Bucharest, Clotilde Armand. The mayoress wrote on Facebook on Saturday that she had been announced at the last minute that she had been removed from the list of guests attending the Uruguay High School event, where the First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, paid a visit. this school is the project of the City Hall of District 1.

Clotilde Armand accused “the political pride of some people at the top of the Romanian state” and says that “it is quite frustrating to see how the work of you and your team is attributed to characters who did not support this project at all.”

The mayor of District 1 wrote that he was glad to see that the First Lady of the United States of America – Jill Biden and the First Lady of Romania – Carmen Iohannis visited the “Uruguay” Gymnasium School in Sector 1 of the Capital.

“The Uruguay Gymnasium School is a project that I care about a lot and for which I worked hard. A project that I proposed this week for a vote in the Local Council meeting and which passed unanimously. More than 150 students from Ukraine will take their classes in a specially arranged space with teachers of Ukrainian origin or in an online system with schools in Ukraine “, says Clotilde Armand.