During the Japan-Romania Summit Meeting held on 7 March 2023, a Strategic Partnership between Japan and Romania was signed by Mr. Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, and H.E. Mr. Klaus-Werner Iohannis, President of Romania.
The two leaders agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation in the areas of economy, science, technology and innovation, as well as people-to-people exchanges. Prime Minister Kishida welcomed the growing Japanese investment in various areas, noting in particular the construction of the Braila Bridge over the Danube River as a successful example of EU-Japan connectivity project in which a Japanese company is participating.
Prime Minister Kishida also reiterated his request for Romania’s cooperation in the early lifting of the EU’s import restrictions on Japanese food products, and the two leaders confirmed that both countries will cooperate on the basis of scientific expertise.