UPDATE – President Klaus Iohannis, working visit to the USA/ He will be received, at the White House, by American President Joe Biden and will be awarded the Distinguished International Leadership Award for the year 2024/ White House specifications

President Klaus Iohannis will pay a working visit to the United States of America on Tuesday and Wednesday, where he will be received at the White House by the US President, Joe Biden. The two heads of state will also discuss the situation in Ukraine and the Black Sea basin, as well as strengthening security in the Euro-Atlantic area. At the same time, Klaus Iohannis will receive the Distinguished International Leadership Award for 2024, granted by the US Atlantic Council “in recognition of his career and his role as a transatlantic and European leader”. Iohannis is the first European head of state honored with this distinction. President Biden will thank Iohannis for hosting American soldiers in Romania and will recognize the multiple contributions that Romania, “an unconditional ally of NATO, has made to the security of NATO’s Eastern Flank, especially in the Black Sea region”, the White House said.

UPDATE – President Biden will receive the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, at the White House on May 7. The two leaders will celebrate Romania’s 20th anniversary as a member of the NATO Alliance, the White House said in a statement sent by press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

According to the quoted source, President Biden will thank Iohannis for hosting American soldiers in Romania and will recognize the multiple contributions that Romania, “an unconditional ally of NATO, has made to security on NATO’s Eastern Flank, especially in the region Black Sea”.

“The two leaders will emphasize their constant support for Ukraine, which continues to defend itself against Russian aggression. They will also review the fields in which Romania and the United States collaborate, including energy, economic cooperation and common democratic values”, the representative of the White House added.

INITIAL NEWS – President Klaus Iohannis will be on a working visit to Washington, DC, United States of America, on May 7-8. He will be received, on Tuesday, at the White House by the US President, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., the Presidential Administration reported.

According to the presidential agenda, Iohannis will be received by Biden at 1:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. Romanian time).

“On this occasion, priority topics of the international and bilateral agenda will be discussed. A special place in the exchange of opinions between the two heads of state will be occupied by the situation in Ukraine and the Black Sea basin, as well as the strengthening of security in the Euro-Atlantic area. The high-level dialogue will be a good opportunity for raising the profile of the Strategic Partnership with the United States and reconfirming the privileged bilateral relations between the two states and multisectoral cooperation. The visit of President Klaus Iohannis to the USA will be a good opportunity to reaffirm Romania’s role as a security provider and active actor in the management of international crises and respected by the partners of the North Atlantic Alliance”, the quoted source said.

The official delegation that will accompany the President of Romania to Washington, DC, will include the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminiţa Odobescu, and Deputy Prime Minister Cătălin Predoiu, the Minister of Internal Affairs.

The Presidential Administration added that, on Wednesday, President Klaus Iohannis will be awarded the Distinguished International Leadership Award for the year 2024, at the Atlantic Council Distinguished Leadership Awards gala. The US Atlantic Council decided to award this award to the President of Romania for the year 2024, as a recognition of his career and his role as a transatlantic and European leader.

President Klaus Iohannis is the first European head of state honored with this distinction, in the 24 years since the award was established.

The awarding ceremony of the Atlantic Council Distinguished Leadership Awards will take place on May 8, at 19:00 local time (May 9, 2:00, Romanian time), and Klaus Iohannis will give a speech.

The Atlantic Council is a prestigious American organization of the “think tank” type, founded in 1961, with a rich activity in the field of international affairs.

Annually, the Atlantic Council awards a limited number of personalities who embody the essence of the transatlantic relationship and who have contributed to its consolidation, in all its dimensions (political, economic, security and defense, art, humanitarian activities, etc.).

Among the personalities who have been awarded, over time, The Atlantic Council Distinguished Leadership Awards are the presidents of the United States of America George W. Bush (2018), William J. Clinton (2010) and George HW Bush (2009), the vice president USA Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (2011) – current US President, European Commission Presidents Ursula von der Leyen (2021) and Jose Manuel Barroso (2014), Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (2022), German Chancellor Helmut Kohl ( 2009), British Prime Minister Tony Blair (2008), as well as other heads of state and government or leaders of international organizations.

On May 9, at 11:30 a.m. local time (6:30 p.m. Romanian time), Klaus Iohannis will have a meeting with the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson.

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