PROGRAM OF THE VISIT
OF PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA TRAIAN BASESCU TO THE USA

- July 27 – 28, 2006 -

Thursday, July 27

11:15am - 11:50am Meeting of the President of Romania Traian Basescu with the President of the United States George W. Bush at the White House

11: 50am -12 :00pm Joint Press Conference with the participation of Romanian and American Media, in the Oval Office, followed by Q & A Session

Location: The White House

12:00pm-1:15pm Lunch offered by the President of the USA in honor of the Romanian President

Location: The White House

4:15pm – 4:45pm Meeting of President of Romania Traian Basescu with US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld

Location: The Pentagon
Photo oportunites and camera spray

 5:00pm-5:45pm Meeting of President Traian Basescu with the Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert

Location: The US Capitol
Photo oportunites, camera spray and Press Statements at the beginning of the meeting

 6:00pm-6:45pm Meeting with the co-presidents of the Congressional Romanian Caucus in the US Congress Curt Weldon, (R-PA), the Vice-President for Armed Forces Committee from the House of Representatives and Solomon Ortiz, (D-TX), Foreign Relations Committee Member for the House of Representatives

Location: The US Capitol
Photo-ops and camera spray at the beginning of the meeting.
Press statements at the end of the meeting.

7:00pm-8:30pm Dinner with a group of US senators, friends of Romania on the topic of the Black Sea, organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States

Photo-ops and camera spray at the beginning of the meeting.

Friday, July 28

9:30am-10:30am The President of Romanian Traian Basescu will be the keynote speaker at the opening of the “Caspian Energy and the Black Sea Corridor” Conference organized by the “ Jamestown Foundation ”

 9:40 The President Traian Basescu will deliver a speech on: “ Romania - an Energy gateway to Eastern Europe ” ;

10:00 – 10:20 Q&A Session.

12:00pm-1:45pm Working lunch of President of Romania Traian Basescu with leaders of the economic departments of the US Administration and various American companies that develop business in Romania, organized by the US Chamber of Commerce.

Location: US Chamber of Commerce
Photo – ops and Camera spray

 6:00pm- 7:45pm President of Romania Traian Basescu will take part in a reception, meeting leaders of the Romanian Community and friends of Romania from the political, academic and press environment.

Location: The Embassy of Romania, Washington D.C.