US Senate approves Hans Klemm as envoy to Romania. Romanian Foreign Ministry hails the confirmation

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The US Senate has confirmed diplomat Hans G. Klemm as the US Ambassador to Romania, Mediafax informs. He was confirmed by open vote on Wednesday (Thursday in Romania).

Hans Klemm was heard by the Foreign Policy Committee of the Us Senate on July 22.

During the hearings by the Committee, Klem said Romania is not vulnerable to Moscow’s propaganda, while being ‘a friend’ and ‘partner’ for Washington.

Asked by senators about Romania’s vulnerability to Russian propaganda, Hans Klemm said the Russian propaganda has little effect in Romania due to a difficult historical relationship and that, according to polls, Romania’s population currently has a negative perception on Russia. In addition, public opinion in Romania, he said, is dominated by the pro-American and pro-Western options, according foreign.senate.gov.

The US official also pointed out that, unlike its neighbours, Romania is not affected by Russian pressures on energy issues. Thus, Romania is not dependent neither on Russian natural gas or oil. Romania is regarded by Klemm as ‘a friend’ and ‘a strategic partner’ of the United States, committed to strengthen bilateral relations and to support the anti-corruption efforts.

Hans Klemm said that Romania is a firm partner, it sent troops to Afghanistan, it hosts a base for missile defence system, and in Romania there are hundreds of members of the Navy and the US Army, as well as a regional centre for logistics equipment.

Klemm has promised that, if he is confirmed as ambassador in Bucharest, will work with determination to strengthen Romania’s role in NATO and in the bilateral partnership.

Hans G. Klemm was nominated to the post of US ambassador to Romania on March 25.

Romanian Foreign Ministry hails the confirmation

The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) hails the confirmation by the US Senate of Hans G. Klemm for the office of US Ambassador to Bucharest. “We welcome the conformation of Hans G. Klemm as US Ambassador to Romania by the US Senate. We look forward to witness the consolidation of the strategic partnership between Romania and the Unites States,” MAE wrote on its Twitter account.

 

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