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#8119879 at 2020-02-13 02:29:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10394: Somethin Strange In The Neighborhood Edition
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Gabriel Popoviciu, US Embassy in Romania, and the Bidens
(Part 2 of 7) War Room Dig >>8112617 pb
United States Dedicates New Embassy Compound in Bucharest, Romania (March 22, 2012)
https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/03/186638.htm
press release excerpt:
Celebrating over 130 years of U.S.-Romanian diplomatic relations, U.S. Ambassador to Romania, Mark H. Gitenstein dedicated the new Embassy facility in Bucharest today. Romanian Senate President Vasile Blaga, Prime Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu, and Managing Director of Operations at the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) Leo Hession, participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, with Joseph R. "Beau" Biden, III, Attorney General of the State of Delaware, delivering the keynote address.
The new facility is located in the Baneasa commercial district, adjacent to the Tunari Forest, and consolidates Embassy staff to improve coordination and communication among the various embassy sections.
Defense Secretary visits Romania, says U.S. will maintain a regular naval presence in the Black Sea (June 5, 2014)
https://www.romania-insider.com/defense-secretary-visits-romania-says-u-s-will-maintain-a-regular-naval-presence-in-the-black-sea
"The U.S. has maintained a regular naval presence in the Black Sea since mid-March, with the USS Truxton, the USS Donald Cook and the USS Taylor all conducting port calls in Romania, and we will sustain this tempo going forward," Hagel said.
His visit to Romania is the first made by an US Defense Secretary since 2004, when Romania joined NATO. It comes just weeks after high profile U.S. visit to Romania, that of Vice President Joe Biden. This shows a growing interest for the region from Washington officials, in the context of Russia's annexation of Crimea and conflict in Ukraine.
USTDA Strengthens Support For Energy Security In Romania (Sep 24, 2015)
https://ro.usembassy.gov/ustda-strengthens-support-energy-security-romania/
BUCHAREST, Romania - Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a $956,000 grant to support Transgaz S.A.'s Pipeline Expansion Project. The grant funds a feasibility study to improve and confirm the technical design and economic and financial specifications for constructing the Romanian section of the Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria Connector (BHRA) and the Black Sea-Shore-Podisor Connector gas pipeline projects.
The grant was signed at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest by U.S. Ambassador to Romania Hans Klemm and Transgaz S.A. Director General Petru Ion Vaduva. Also present at the grant signing were the Minister of Economy, Mihai Tudose; the Minister of Energy, Andrei Dominic Gerea; Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, Special Representative for Energy Security; and U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Dean Thompson.
"The proposed upgrades to the Romanian National Transmission Network, evaluated by this study, will facilitate increased bilateral trade and support energy security throughout the region," said Ambassador Klemm. Director General Petru Vaduva said, "Transgaz believes that this study will be instrumental in providing comfort to all market participants that the integration of the Romanian National Network with neighboring countries will soon become a reality. This integration will establish the much-needed connection between Southern and Central Europe, while ensuring the security of supply and transparency of pricing in the region."
The projects are a critical piece necessary to increase pipeline capacity and upgrade the gas transmission network's operating pressure, and ultimately energy security in the region. Through the modernization and construction of the new pipelines, Transgaz intends to distribute anticipated new gas resources from the Black Sea, as well as conduct bi-directional gas trade with neighboring countries.
This grant builds on a USTDA-funded reverse trade mission in 2013 that hosted 17 Romanian business leaders and government officials in the United States. The visit helped demonstrate advanced U.S. upstream oil and gas production technologies, practices, and regulations meant to help Romanian stakeholders plan for the development of offshore resources along the Black Sea.