Romania's EU accession will be beneficial to Romanian-Chinese
relations, Romanian Minister of Economy and Trade Varujan Vosganian
said on Monday during a meeting with Chinese ambassador in
Bucharest Xu Jian.
The two sides presented the latest economic evolutions of the
two countries and analyzed the stage of economic cooperation and
bilateral trade, the need to increase the Romanian exports and the
boost in mutual investment.
They also spoke about the implementation of projects in road
infrastructure and telecommunications fields, according to the
Ministry of Economy and Trade.
Vosganian appreciated the ascending trend of bilateral trade
with China, the main player in Romania's policy to develop
relations with Asia.
The Romanian official expressed Romania's permanent concern to
reduce the negative trade balance and recalibrate the trade by
promoting Romanian exports on the Chinese market and increase the
number of Chinese economic missions expert in buying Romanian
products.
In 2006, China was Romania's main commercial partner in Asia,
the total value of bilateral exchange reaching US$2.47 billion,
according to Romania's official statistics. Romanian imports
represented US$2.22 billion, while exports accounted for US$248
million.
(Xinhua News Agency March 20, 2007)
