Foreign relations of Romania#Asia: East Asia

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The foreign relations of Romania is the policy arm of the government of Romania which guides its interactions with other nations, their citizens, and foreign organizations, as well as its status as a member of the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and other key international organizations. Since the end of the Cold War and the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Romania has pursued a foreign policy centered on Euro-Atlantic integration, joining NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007. Prioritizing multilateralism, collective security, and democratic values, Romania maintains active diplomatic relations with neighboring states, including Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary, and Bulgaria, while fostering regional cooperation through initiatives such as the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and the Three Seas Initiative.

Romania is classified by scholars and international relations experts as a middle power,{{cite web|url=https://www.hcss.nl/pub/2018/strategic-monitor-2018-2019/a-balancing-act/|title=A Balancing Act: The Role of Middle Powers in Contemporary Diplomacy|publisher=The Hague Center for Strategic Studies|access-date=8 February 2020|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610112410/https://www.hcss.nl/pub/2018/strategic-monitor-2018-2019/a-balancing-act/|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Ian|date=2001|title=Stuck in Middle GEAR: South Africa's Post-apartheid Foreign Relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3tfjkiq0b7sC&q=romania+middle+power&pg=PA19|location=London|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|page= 19|isbn=9780275972752}} a designation reflecting its moderate but influential role in international relations{{cite book |last=I. Handel |first=Michael |date=1990 |title=Weak States in the International System |pages=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOELm3YduxQC&q=finland%20middle%20power&pg=PA28 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9780714640730}} and regional relations. Analysts highlight Romania's strategic geographic position,Bernard Wood, 'Towards North-South Middle Power Coalitions', in Middle Power Internationalism: The North-South Dimension, edited by Cranford Pratt (Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990). growing economic capacity, and active participation in multilateral institutions as key factors underpinning this status.{{cite book |last=Wood |first=Bernald |date=1 June 1988 |title=The middle powers and the general interest |url=https://archive.org/details/middlepowersgene0000wood |url-access=registration |location=Ottawa |publisher=The North-South Institute |page= |isbn=9780920494813}}{{cite book |date=2005 |title=Turkish Policy Quarterly, Volume 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TktAQAAIAAJ&q=romania+middle+power|location=Turkey|publisher=Big Art}}

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Romania maintains diplomatic relations with:{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe |access-date=28 December 2023}}

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!Country

!Date

1

|{{flag|Russia}}

|{{dts|24 October 1878}}

2

|{{flag|Serbia}}

|{{dts|26 April 1879}}

3

|{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|{{dts|27 July 1879}}

4

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|26 December 1879}}

5

|{{flag|Greece}}

|{{dts|9 January 1880}}

6

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|{{dts|12 February 1880}}

7

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|20 February 1880}}

8

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|20 February 1880}}

9

|{{flag|Belgium}}

|{{dts|29 March 1880}}

10

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|14 June 1880}}

11

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|5 July 1881}}

12

|{{flag|Japan}}

|{{dts|18 June 1902}}

13

|{{flag|Iran}}

|{{dts|24 July 1902}}

14

|{{flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|1 April 1906}}

15

|{{flag|Luxembourg}}

|{{dts|18 December 1910}}

16

|{{flag|Switzerland}}

|{{dts|9 May 1911}}

17

|{{flag|Albania}}

|{{dts|28 December 1913}}

18

|{{flag|Sweden}}

|{{dts|18 March 1916}}

19

|{{flag|Denmark}}

|{{dts|26 April 1917}}

20

|{{flag|Norway}}

|{{dts|3 May 1917}}

21

|{{flag|Portugal}}

|{{dts|25 August 1917}}

22

|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|{{dts|6 April 1919}}

23

|{{flag|Poland}}

|{{dts|22 June 1919}}{{Cite web |title=Polska w Rumunii (Serwis Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/rumunia/relacje-dwustronne |access-date=12 April 2023 |language=pl}}

24

|{{flag|Finland}}

|{{dts|28 June 1920}}

25

|{{flag|Austria}}

|{{dts|27 August 1920}}

26

|{{flag|Hungary}}

|{{dts|21 August 1920}}

27

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|{{dts|20 April 1924}}{{Cite book |title=British Documents on Atatürk, 1919-1938, Volume 6 |year=1973 |pages=270–272}}

28

|{{flag|Chile}}

|{{dts|5 February 1925}}

29

|{{flag|Cuba}}

|{{dts|13 April 1927}}

|{{flag|Holy See}}

|{{dts|10 May 1927}}

30

|{{flag|Brazil}}

|{{dts|7 January 1928}}

31

|{{flag|Argentina}}

|{{dts|12 March 1928}}

|{{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}

|{{dts|December 1932}}

32

|{{flag|Uruguay}}

|{{dts|24 July 1935}}

33

|{{flag|Mexico}}

|{{dts|26 July 1935}}

34

|{{flag|Venezuela}}

|{{dts|30 December 1935}}

35

|{{flag|Peru}}

|{{dts|10 October 1939}}

36

|{{flag|Israel}}

|{{dts|11 June 1948}}

37

|{{flag|North Korea}}

|{{dts|26 October 1948}}

38

|{{flag|India}}

|{{dts|14 December 1948}}

39

|{{flag|China}}

|{{dts|5 October 1949}}

40

|{{flag|Vietnam}}

|{{dts|3 February 1950}}

41

|{{flag|Indonesia}}

|{{dts|20 February 1950}}

42

|{{flag|Mongolia}}

|{{dts|29 April 1950}}

43

|{{flag|Syria}}

|{{dts|9 August 1955}}

44

|{{flag|Sudan}}

|{{dts|17 January 1956}}

45

|{{flag|Myanmar}}

|{{dts|15 March 1956}}

46

|{{flag|Iceland}}

|{{dts|16 May 1956}}

47

|{{flag|Ethiopia}}

|{{dts|2 July 1957}}

48

|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

|{{dts|15 September 1957}}

49

|{{flag|Yemen}}

|{{dts|17 December 1957}}

50

|{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}

|{{dts|5 June 1958}}

51

|{{flag|Iraq}}

|{{dts|14 August 1958}}

52

|{{flag|Guinea}}

|{{dts|14 November 1958}}

53

|{{flag|Cyprus}}

|{{dts|13 November 1960}}

54

|{{flag|Mali}}

|{{dts|1 December 1960}}

55

|{{flag|Ghana}}

|{{dts|10 August 1961}}

56

|{{Flag|Morocco}}

|{{dts|20 February 1962}}{{Cite web |date=20 February 2017 |title=Anniversary of 55 year since the establishment of diplomatic relations at embassy level between Romania and the Kingdom of Morocco |url=https://mae.ro/en/node/40635 |access-date=22 March 2025 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania}}

57

|{{flag|Algeria}}

|{{dts|16 April 1962}}

58

|{{flag|Benin}}

|{{dts|29 June 1962}}

59

|{{flag|Laos}}

|{{dts|28 November 1962}}

60

|{{flag|Cambodia}}

|{{dts|10 January 1963}}

61

|{{flag|Kuwait}}

|{{dts|10 June 1963}}

62

|{{flag|Tunisia}}

|{{dts|16 December 1963}}

63

|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}

|{{dts|15 January 1964}}

64

|{{flag|Tanzania}}

|{{dts|5 May 1964}}

65

|{{flag|Pakistan}}

|{{dts|15 October 1964}}

66

|{{flag|Lebanon}}

|{{dts|6 January 1965}}

67

|{{flag|Mauritania}}

|{{dts|15 January 1965}}

68

|{{flag|Jordan}}

|{{dts|2 April 1965}}

69

|{{flag|Somalia}}

|{{dts|10 July 1965}}

70

|{{flag|Rwanda}}

|{{dts|15 July 1965}}

71

|{{flag|Senegal}}

|{{dts|5 November 1965}}

72

|{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}

|{{dts|21 August 1966}}

73

|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}

|{{dts|14 October 1966}}

74

|{{flag|Nigeria}}

|{{dts|12 November 1966}}

75

|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|31 January 1967}}{{Cite web |title=Rumänien: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/rumaenien-node/rumaenien-210812 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}

76

|{{flag|Canada}}

|{{dts|4 April 1967}}

77

|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}

|{{dts|18 May 1967}}

78

|{{flag|Singapore}}

|{{dts|30 May 1967}}

79

|{{flag|Colombia}}

|{{dts|15 November 1967}}

80

|{{flag|Central African Republic}}

|{{dts|6 February 1968}}

81

|{{flag|Australia}}

|{{dts|18 March 1968}}

82

|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}

|{{dts|13 April 1968}}

83

|{{flag|Nepal}}

|{{dts|20 April 1968}}

84

|{{flag|Zambia}}

|{{dts|28 May 1968}}

85

|{{flag|Malta}}

|{{dts|7 June 1968}}

86

|{{flag|Kenya}}

|{{dts|22 June 1968}}

87

|{{flag|Burundi}}

|{{dts|8 August 1968}}

88

|{{flag|Madagascar}}

|{{dts|10 September 1968}}

89

|{{flag|Ecuador}}

|{{dts|12 November 1968}}

90

|{{flag|Malaysia}}

|{{dts|22 March 1969}}

91

|{{flag|Uganda}}

|{{dts|27 April 1969}}

92

|{{flag|Niger}}

|{{dts|20 June 1969}}

93

|{{flag|Chad}}

|{{dts|15 July 1969}}

94

|{{flag|New Zealand}}

|{{dts|13 October 1969}}

95

|{{flag|Bolivia}}

|{{dts|18 October 1969}}

96

|{{flag|Cameroon}}

|{{dts|14 May 1970}}

97

|{{flag|Costa Rica}}

|{{dts|4 July 1970}}

98

|{{flag|Togo}}

|{{dts|12 January 1971}}

99

|{{flag|Gambia}}

|{{dts|30 July 1971}}

100

|{{flag|Panama}}

|{{dts|5 October 1971}}

101

|{{flag|Botswana}}

|{{dts|7 October 1971}}

102

|{{flag|Philippines}}

|{{dts|28 February 1972}}

103

|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}

|{{dts|9 March 1972}}

104

|{{flag|Liberia}}

|{{dts|30 April 1972}}

105

|{{flag|Bangladesh}}

|{{dts|29 June 1972}}

106

|{{flag|Gabon}}

|{{dts|21 September 1972}}

107

|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|{{dts|25 November 1972}}

108

|{{flag|Thailand}}

|{{dts|1 June 1973}}

109

|{{flag|Guyana}}

|{{dts|20 June 1973}}

110

|{{flag|Honduras}}

|{{dts|11 July 1973}}

111

|{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}

|{{dts|16 November 1973}}

112

|{{flag|Libya}}

|{{dts|14 February 1974}}

113

|{{flag|Oman}}

|{{dts|1 May 1974}}

114

|{{flag|Mauritius}}

|{{dts|25 June 1974}}

115

|{{flag|Jamaica}}

|{{dts|21 August 1974}}

116

|{{flag|Grenada}}

|{{dts|3 April 1975}}

117

|{{flag|Lesotho}}

|{{dts|1 May 1975}}

118

|{{flag|Mozambique}}

|{{dts|25 June 1975}}

119

|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}

|{{dts|12 July 1975}}

120

|{{flag|Fiji}}

|{{dts|15 August 1975}}

121

|{{flag|Cape Verde}}

|{{dts|17 September 1975}}

122

|{{flag|Suriname}}

|{{dts|25 November 1975}}

123

|{{flag|Angola}}

|{{dts|19 December 1975}}

124

|{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}

|{{dts|19 May 1976}}

125

|{{flag|Seychelles}}

|{{dts|30 June 1976}}

126

|{{flag|Comoros}}

|{{dts|12 August 1976}}

127

|{{flag|Barbados}}

|{{dts|1 September 1977}}

128

|{{flag|Djibouti}}

|{{dts|18 June 1978}}

129

|{{flag|Nicaragua}}

|{{dts|6 January 1979}}

130

|{{flag|Maldives}}

|{{dts|31 October 1979}}

131

|{{flag|Saint Lucia}}

|{{dts|15 November 1979}}

132

|{{flag|El Salvador}}

|{{dts|17 December 1979}}

133

|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}

|{{dts|18 April 1980}}

134

|{{flag|Haiti}}

|{{dts|9 May 1980}}

135

|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}

|{{dts|25 July 1984}}

136

|{{flag|Malawi}}

|{{dts|15 July 1985}}

|{{flag|State of Palestine}}

|{{dts|14 January 1989}}{{Cite web |title=Palestina |url=https://mae.ro/bilateral-relations/5585 |access-date=14 May 2025 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe Romania |language=ro}}{{Cite web |title=INVENTAR ANII: 1989, fără an 416 u. a. |url=https://arhivelenationale.ro/site/download/inventare/CC-al-PCR-Sectia-Relatii-Externe-anul-1989-si-fara-an-INV-3559-.pdf |access-date=14 May 2025 |website=arhivelenationale.ro |page=33 |language=ro |quote=Schimbarea denumirii Reprezentanței OEP de la București în Ambasada Statului Palestina în RSR: notă de propuneri. 1989.01.14}}

137

|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|{{dts|1 August 1989}}

138

|{{flag|Namibia}}

|{{dts|21 March 1990}}

139

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|{{dts|30 March 1990}}

140

|{{flag|Ireland}}

|{{dts|18 April 1990}}

141

|{{flag|Qatar}}

|{{dts|22 October 1990}}

142

|{{flag|Guatemala}}

|{{dts|7 December 1990}}

143

|{{flag|Eswatini}}

|{{dts|12 December 1990}}

144

|{{flag|Bahrain}}

|{{dts|1 February 1991}}

145

|{{flag|Moldova}}

|{{dts|27 August 1991}}

146

|{{flag|Estonia}}

|{{dts|13 September 1991}}{{Cite web |date=30 January 2018 |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=et}}

147

|{{flag|Latvia}}

|{{dts|13 September 1991}}{{Cite web |date=1 July 2021 |title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/dates-establishment-and-renewal-diplomatic-relations |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=mfa.gov.lv}}

148

|{{flag|Lithuania}}

|{{dts|13 September 1991}}{{cite web |title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations |url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=}}

149

|{{flag|South Africa}}

|{{dts|21 November 1991}}

150

|{{flag|Armenia}}

|{{dts|17 December 1991}}

151

|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|{{dts|1 February 1992}}

152

|{{flag|Belarus}}

|{{dts|14 February 1992}}

153

|{{flag|Paraguay}}

|{{dts|28 May 1992}}

154

|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|{{dts|15 June 1992}}

155

|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}

|{{dts|19 June 1992}}

156

|{{flag|Georgia}}

|{{dts|25 June 1992}}

157

|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}

|{{dts|15 July 1992}}

158

|{{flag|Tajikistan}}

|{{dts|20 July 1992}}

159

|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}

|{{dts|21 July 1992}}

160

|{{flag|Croatia}}

|{{dts|27 August 1992}}

161

|{{flag|Slovenia}}

|{{dts|28 August 1992}}

162

|{{flag|Slovakia}}

|{{dts|1 January 1993}}

163

|{{flag|Belize}}

|{{dts|25 March 1993}}

164

|{{flag|Eritrea}}

|{{dts|24 November 1993}}

165

|{{flag|Brunei}}

|{{dts|15 April 1994}}

166

|{{flag|North Macedonia}}

|{{dts|11 January 1995}}

167

|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|{{dts|13 March 1995}}

168

|{{flag|San Marino}}

|{{dts|20 June 1995}}

169

|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}

|{{dts|6 October 1995}}

170

|{{flag|Marshall Islands}}

|{{dts|29 January 1996}}

171

|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|{{dts|29 February 1996}}

172

|{{flag|Andorra}}

|{{dts|6 June 1996}}

173

|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}

|{{dts|12 December 1997}}

174

|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}

|{{dts|20 December 2002}}

175

|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}

|{{dts|22 May 2003}}

176

|{{flag|Samoa}}

|{{dts|2 March 2006}}

177

|{{flag|Tuvalu}}

|{{dts|12 May 2006}}

178

|{{flag|Montenegro}}

|{{dts|9 August 2006}}

179

|{{flag|Bahamas}}

|{{dts|18 June 2007}}

180

|{{flag|Monaco}}

|{{dts|19 March 2008}}{{cite web |title=Rapport de Politique Extérieure 2007 |url=https://www.gouv.mc/Action-Gouvernementale/Monaco-a-l-International/Publications/Rapports-de-Politique-Exterieure |accessdate=11 October 2020 |page=44 |language=fr}}

181

|{{flag|Dominica}}

|{{dts|30 January 2009}}

182

|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

|{{dts|25 June 2009}}

183

|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}

|{{dts|1 February 2011}}

184

|{{flag|Nauru}}

|{{dts|2 March 2011}}

185

|{{flag|South Sudan}}

|{{dts|17 April 2013}}

186

|{{flag|Palau}}

|{{dts|16 February 2018}}

187

|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}

|{{dts|5 April 2018}}

188

|{{flag|Vanuatu}}

|{{dts|1 June 2018}}

189

|{{flag|Kiribati}}

|{{dts|9 July 2018}}{{Cite news |title=Establishment of the diplomatic relations with the Republic of Kiribati |url=https://canberra.mae.ro/en/local-news/1308 |access-date=2 July 2018}}

190

|{{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}

|{{dts|5 February 2019}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Romania and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Romania+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&ln=en&action_search=Search&sf=title&so=d&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=2 July 2022}}

191

|{{Flag|Tonga}}

|{{dts|11 April 2023}}

Relations by continent

=Multilateral=

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!width="12%"| Formal Relations Began

!Notes

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|{{Flag|European Union}}

|See 2007 enlargement of the European Union

Romania joined the European Union as a full member on 1 January 2007.

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|{{Flag|NATO}}

| See Romania in NATO

Romania joined NATO as a full member on 29 March 2004.

=Europe (Inside the [[European Union]])=

Romania joined the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2007.

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style="width:15%;"| Country

! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began

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|{{Flag|Austria}}

1878-09-23See Austria–Romania relations

  • Austria has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in Vienna.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union.
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|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}

1879-07-28See Bulgaria–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Croatia}}

1941-05-13See Croatia–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Denmark}}

1917-04-26See Denmark–Romania relations

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|{{Flag|Finland}}

1920-06-28See Finland–Romania relations

  • Finland has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in Helsinki.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.
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|{{Flag|France}}

1880-02-20See France–Romania relations

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|{{Flag|Germany}}

1880-02-20See Germany–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Greece}}

1880-01-08See Greece–Romania relations

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|{{Flag|Hungary}}

1920-08-21See Hungary–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Ireland}}

1990-04-18See Ireland–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Italy}}

1879-12-06See Italy–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Lithuania}}

1924-08-21See Lithuania–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Netherlands}}

1880-01-24See Netherlands–Romania relations

  • The Netherlands has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in The Hague.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.
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|{{Flag|Poland}}

1919-02-22See Poland–Romania relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.
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|{{Flag|Portugal}}

1917-08-31See Portugal–Romania relations

  • Portugal has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in Lisbon.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.
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|{{Flag|Slovakia}}

1993-01-01See Romania–Slovakia relations

  • Romania has an embassy in Bratislava.
  • Slovakia has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.
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|{{Flag|Slovenia}}

1992-08-28See Romania–Slovenia relations

  • Romania has an embassy in Ljubljana.
  • Slovenia has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.
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|{{Flag|Spain}}{{Cite book|title=Relații culturale și diplomatice româno-spaniole. 1880-1936|last=See, Flaviu Vasile|first=Rus|publisher=Editura Mega|year=2018|isbn=978-606-543-930-6|location=Cluj-Napoca}}

1881-07-05See Romania–Spain relations

  • Romania has an embassy in Madrid.
  • Spain has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.
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|{{Flag|Sweden}}

1916-03-18See Romania–Sweden relations

  • Romania has an embassy in Stockholm.
  • Sweden has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.

=Europe (Outside of the [[European Union]])=

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style="width:15%;"| Country

! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began

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|{{Flag|Albania}}

1913-12-28

|See Albania–Romania relations

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|{{Flag|Armenia}}

1991-12-17See Armenia–Romania relations

  • Armenia has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in Yerevan.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
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|{{Flag|Belarus}}

1992-02-14See Belarus–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

1996-03-01See Bosnia and Herzegovina–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Georgia}}

1921-02-18See Georgia–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Holy See}}

1920-06-12See Holy See–Romania relations
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|{{flag|Moldova}}

See Moldova–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Montenegro}}

2006-08-09See Montenegro–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Norway}}

1917-05-03See Norway–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Russia}}

1878-10-12See Romania–Russia relations
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|{{Flag|Serbia}}

1841-04-19[Reprezentanțele diplomatice ale României, vol. I, 1859–1917, București, 1967, pp. 130–134.See Romania–Serbia relations

Danubian Principalities of Wallachia and Serbia were de facto the first states to recognize each other's diplomatic networks – already by the end of 1830s, as both monarchies strived for formal independence from the Ottoman Empire.Reprezentanțele diplomatice ale României, vol. I, 1859–1917, București, 1967, pp. 130–134.G.G. Florescu, "Agențiile diplomatice de la București și Belgrad (1863–1866)", în Romanoslavica XI/1965, pp. 126–131. Following their recognition as independent states, on 14/26 April 1879 the Romanian diplomatic agency in Belgrade became a legation, having Lascăr Catargiu as its first resident minister.A.A. Căpușan, Diplomați români de elită, vol. II, ediția a II-a, București, 2009, p. 13.

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|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}Sovereign Military Order of Malta has no sovereign territory. It is listed in Europe: Mediterranean microstates due to its extraterritorial headquarters in Rome, Italy and few properties in Italy with extraterritoriality status.

1992See Foreign relations of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

  • The diplomatic representation of Romania with SMOM is handled by the Romanian embassy in the Vatican (Holy See).
  • Sovereign Military Order of Malta has an embassy in Bucharest.
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|{{Flag|Switzerland}}

1911-05-09See Romania–Switzerland relations{{cite web|url=http://www.mae.ro/bilateral-relations/1694|title=Confederația Elvețiană|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=8 February 2021|language=ro}}
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|{{Flag|Turkey}}

1879-10-22See Romania–Turkey relations{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey_s-political-relations-with-romania.en.mfa|title=From Rep. of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs|website=Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=2009-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806011927/http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey_s-political-relations-with-romania.en.mfa|archive-date=2009-08-06|url-status=dead}}

  • Romania has an embassy in Ankara and consulates-general in Istanbul and İzmir.
  • Turkey has an embassy in Bucharest and consulates-general in Constanța.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO.
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|{{Flag|Ukraine}}

1918-02-09See Romania–Ukraine relations

  • Romania has an embassy in Kyiv.
  • Ukraine has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania is an EU member and Ukraine is an EU candidate.
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|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

1880-02-20See Romania–United Kingdom relations

Romania established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 20 February 1880.{{Cite web |title=Brief history of Romanian – British diplomatic relations (1880-2022)|url=https://londra.mae.ro/en/node/393|website=Embassy of Romania to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|access-date=5 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302221446/https://londra.mae.ro/en/node/393|archive-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live}}

  • Romania maintains an embassy in London, and consulate generals in Edinburgh and Manchester. Romania also maintains honorary consulates in Hirwaun, Leeds, Morpeth-Newcastle and Southampton.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mae.ro/en/romanian-missions#843|title=Romanian Missions {{!}} Ministry of Foreign Affairs|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania|access-date=9 November 2024|archive-date=1 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201165542/http://mae.ro/en/romanian-missions/#843|url-status=live}}
  • The United Kingdom is accredited to Romania through its embassy in Bucharest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-bucharest|title=British Embassy Bucharest|website=GOV.UK|access-date=9 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010062906/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-bucharest|archive-date=10 October 2024|url-status=live}}

Both countries share common membership of the Council of Europe, the International Criminal Court, NATO, OSCE, and the World Trade Organization.

=Asia=

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|{{Flag|Afghanistan}}

1958-06-05See Foreign relations of Afghanistan

  • Romania has an embassy in Kabul.{{cite web | url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/un-angajat-al-ambsadei-romaniei-la-kabul-a-murit-iar-altul-e-ranit-grav-dupa-atacul-terorist-1182495 | title=Un angajat al Ambasadei României la Kabul a murit, iar altul e rănit grav după atacul terorist de luni noapte | date=4 September 2019 }}
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|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}

1992-06-19See Azerbaijan–Romania relations

  • Azerbaijan has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in Baku.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
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|{{Flag|China}}

1949-10-05See China–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Iran}}

1902-07-24See Iran–Romania relations

  • Iran has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in Tehran.
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|{{Flag|Iraq}}

1958-08-14See Iraq–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Israel}}

1948-06-11See Israel–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|North Korea}}

1948-10-26See North Korea–Romania relations

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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}

1965-01-06See Lebanon–Romania relations

  • Lebanon has an embassy in Bucharest and an honorary consulate in Constanța.{{cite web|url=http://www.mae.ro/bilateral-relations/5056|title=Republica Libaneză|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=10 August 2020|language=ro}}
  • Romania has an embassy in Beirut an honorary consulate in Tripoli.
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|{{Flag|Malaysia}}

1969-03-22See Malaysia–Romania relations
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|{{flag|Palestine}}

1988-11-17See Romania–Palestine relations
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|{{Flag|Pakistan}}

1964-10-15See Pakistan–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Philippines}}

1972-03-10See Philippines–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

1995-03-13See Romania–Saudi Arabia relations
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|{{Flag|Singapore}}

1967-05-30See Foreign relations of Singapore

In February 2002 the Romanian president Ion Iliescu made an official visit to Singapore.{{cite news

|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F96C9F7B3373936&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

|title=Romanian president arrives in Singapore, 20 February

|publisher=Rompres

|access-date=2009-07-15

|date=February 20, 2002

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018000224/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F96C9F7B3373936&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

|archive-date=October 18, 2012

|url-status=dead

}} In March 2002 Romania and Singapore signed a double-taxation agreement.{{cite web

|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-50871845.html

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025061428/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-50871845.html

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2012-10-25

|title=Romania to sign tax agreement with Singapore

|publisher=AP Worldstream

|access-date=2009-07-15}} In November 2008, Singapore signed an open skies agreement (OSA) with Romania to allow greater flexibility on air services.{{cite web

|url=http://www.property-abroad.com/romania/news-story/osa-signed-between-romania-and-singapore-18901427/

|title=osa signed between romania and singapore

|date=2008-11-28

|publisher=Property-Abroad.com

|access-date=2009-07-16

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003163730/http://www.property-abroad.com/romania/news-story/osa-signed-between-romania-and-singapore-18901427/

|archive-date=2009-10-03

|url-status=dead

}}

In 2000, trade between Romania and Singapore was US$15.5 million, roughly balanced.{{cite news

|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F96C9F7B3373936&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

|title=Romanian president arrives in Singapore, 20 February

|publisher=Rompres

|date=February 20, 2002

|access-date=2009-07-17

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018000224/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F96C9F7B3373936&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

|archive-date=October 18, 2012

|url-status=dead

}} The Romanian market, with a relatively cheap and skilled labor force and advantageous tax laws, has been attractive to several Singapore companies who have established joint ventures in Romania. Forte, created in 1990 as a Romanian-Singapore joint venture for computer assembly, is an example.{{cite web

|url = http://www.factbook.net/countryreports/ro/Ro_Networking_mkt.htm

|title = ROMANIA COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE FY2002 – NETWORKS MARKET

|publisher = U. S. Department of Commerce

|access-date = 2009-07-16

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090208003156/http://www.factbook.net/countryreports/ro/Ro_Networking_mkt.htm

|archive-date = 2009-02-08

|url-status = usurped

}} (However, in 2006 Forte was acquired by Siemens.{{cite web

|url = http://www.siemens.at/gb2005/en/pages/blank_all.htm?content=http://www.siemens.at/gb2005/en/produkte/forte.htm

|title = FORTE BUSINESS SERVICES S.R.L.

|publisher = Siemens

|access-date = 2009-07-16

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094313/http://www.siemens.at/gb2005/en/pages/blank_all.htm?content=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.siemens.at%2Fgb2005%2Fen%2Fprodukte%2Fforte.htm

|archive-date = 2011-07-06

|url-status = dead

}})

  • Romania has an embassy in Singapore.{{cite web|url=http://www.mae.ro/index.php?unde=doc&id=6343&idlnk=4&cat=6|title=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe|access-date=19 February 2015}}
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|{{Flag|South Korea}}

30 March 1990{{cite web |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/europe/countries/20070823/1_24607.jsp?menu=m_30_40 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224081348/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/europe/countries/20070823/1_24607.jsp?menu=m_30_40 |archive-date=24 December 2013 |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=www.mofa.go.kr }}See Romania–South Korea relations

  • The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Romania and South Korea started on 30 March 1990.
  • South Korea's Investment in Romania in 2012 was about 560 million.
  • South Korea has an embassy in Bucharest, Romania.{{cite web|url=http://rou.mofa.go.kr/english/eu/rom/main/index.jsp|title=Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Romania|website=Rou.mofa.go.kr|access-date=11 April 2018|archive-date=20 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220202014/http://rou.mofa.go.kr/english/eu/rom/main/index.jsp|url-status=dead}}
  • Romania has an embassy in Seoul South Korea.{{cite web|url=http://seoul.mae.ro/|title=AMBASADA ROMÂNIEI în Republica Coreea|website=seoul.mae.ro|access-date=2017-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042928/http://seoul.mae.ro/|archive-date=2017-12-01|url-status=dead}}
  • The number of South Koreans living in Romania is about 500.
  • Bilateral Trade in 2014
  • Exports 5.98 billion US dollars
  • Imports 6.42 billion US dollars
  • [http://seoul.mae.ro/en/node/393 Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with South Korea]
  • [http://rou.mofa.go.kr/english/eu/rom/bilateral/bilateral/index.jsp South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade about the relations with Romania] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030618/http://rou.mofa.go.kr/english/eu/rom/bilateral/bilateral/index.jsp |date=2017-12-01 }}
  • Foreign relations of South Korea#Europe.
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|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}

1957-09-15See Romania–Sri Lanka relations

  • Romania has an embassy in Colombo.
  • Sri Lanka has no diplomatic office in Romania. The Sri Lankan embassy in Warsaw, Poland, has concurrent accreditation to Romania.
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|{{Flag|Syria}}

1955-08-09See Romania–Syria relations
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|{{Flag|Thailand}}

1973-06-01See Foreign relations of Thailand

  • Romania has an embassy in Bangkok{{cite web|url=http://www.mae.ro/index.php?unde=doc&id=6363&idlnk=4&cat=6|title=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe|website=Mae.ro|access-date=19 February 2015}} and an honorary consulate in Pattaya.
  • Thailand has an embassy in Bucharest.{{cite web|url=http://www.thaiembassy.ro/|title=Thai embassy in Bucharest|website=Thaiembassy.ro|access-date=11 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627133825/http://www.thaiembassy.ro/|archive-date=27 June 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
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|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}

1995-10-06See Romania–Uzbekistan relations

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|{{Flag|Morocco}}

1962-02-20See Morocco–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Tunisia}}

1963-12-16See Romania–Tunisia relations

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|{{Flag|Chad}}

1969-07-15See Chad–Romania relations

=Africa: [[East African Community]] (EAC)=

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|{{Flag|Kenya}}

1968-06-22See Foreign relations of Kenya

Romania opened its embassy in Kenya in 1974.

  • Romania has an embassy in Nairobi.{{cite web|url=http://www.mae.ro/index.php?unde=doc&id=6291&idlnk=4&cat=6|title=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe|access-date=19 February 2015}}

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|{{Flag|Canada}}

1919-08-19See Canada–Romania relations

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|{{Flag|Mexico}}

1935-07-20See Mexico–Romania relations

  • Mexico has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in Mexico City
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|{{Flag|United States}}

1880-06-14{{Cite book|title=The cultural and the diplomatic relations between Romania and the United States of America. 1880-1920|editor-last=Flaviu Vasile|editor-first=Rus|publisher=MEGA Publishing|year=2018|isbn=978-606-543-970-2|location=Cluj-Napoca}}See Romania–United States relations

Although diplomatic relations between the two countries started in 1880, the United States recognized Romania's independence on October 14, 1878. The relations were severed between 1941 and 1946 and remained strained until the 1960s. The bilateral relations began improving after the fall of communism in Romania.

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|{{Flag|Argentina}}

1931-04-24See Argentina–Romania relations

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|{{Flag|Brazil}}

1928-01-07See Brazil–Romania relations

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|{{Flag|Chile}}

1925-02-05See Chile–Romania relations
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|{{Flag|Peru}}

1939-10-10{{main|Peru–Romania relations}}

  • Romania has an embassy in Lima and an honorary consulate in Arequipa.
  • The Republic of Peru has an embassy and an honorary consulate, both in Bucharest.
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|{{Flag|Uruguay}}

1925-07-24See Romania–Uruguay relations

  • Romania has an embassy in Montevideo.
  • The Oriental Republic of Uruguay has an embassy in Bucharest.

=Oceania=

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|{{Flag|Australia}}

1968-03-18See Australia–Romania relations

Romania and Australia have concluded an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, signed in 1994, a Trade and Economic Agreement (signed with full effect for Australia in July 2002 and for Romania in January 2003) and an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion, signed in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/romania/index.html|title=Romania|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=28 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428183758/http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/romania/index.html|url-status=dead}}

  • Romania has an embassy in Canberra,{{cite web|url=http://canberra.mae.ro/index.php?lang=en|title=AMBASADA ROMÂNIEI în Australia|access-date=19 February 2015}} a general consulate in Sydney, and an honorary consulate in Melbourne.
  • The Commonwealth of Australia has no embassy in Romania, only an honorary consulate in Bucharest. The Australian embassy in Athens, Greece, is concurrently accredited to Romania.

International organisations

See also

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