EMBASSY ROW

By James Morrison
05/05/2005
page 17

Romanian visit

The new Romanian foreign minister has a crowded agenda on his three-day visit to Washington .

    Mihai Razvan Ungureanu yesterday met with National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley , and today he holds talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , Sen. George Allen , Virginia Republican, and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert , Illinois Republican, before addressing the American Jewish Committee's annual dinner.

    Tomorrow, he meets with Paula Dobriansky , undersecretary of state for global affairs, R. Nicholas Burns , undersecretary of state for political affairs, and John Negroponte , the new director of national intelligence.

    His visit "highlights Romania 's commitment, as a future member of the European Union, to the strengthening and consolidation of the trans-Atlantic relation," said Romanian Ambassador Sorin Ducaru .