Relationship dossier
Italy
Romania
Relationship assessment
Italy and Romania sustain a strategic partnership with cooperation across defense, economic relations and law enforcement.
Italy toward Romania
+60Italy’s bilateral policy toward Romania is grounded in the 1997 Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and the strategic partnership established in 2008. Italian and Romanian governments have pursued cooperation in defense, economic relations and law enforcement, and held an intergovernmental summit in 2023 to reaffirm the partnership and advance collaboration.
Romania toward Italy
+60Romania’s bilateral policy toward Italy is grounded in the 1997 Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and the strategic partnership established in 2008. Romanian and Italian governments have pursued cooperation in defense, economic relations and law enforcement, and held an intergovernmental summit in 2023 to reaffirm the partnership and advance collaboration.
Overall relationship
+60A durable treaty framework and strategic partnership underpin sustained cooperation between the two governments. Collaboration spans several policy areas, and the 2023 intergovernmental summit reaffirmed the partnership. These features support a close relationship, while the extent of implementation of recent commitments remains unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Italy and Romania maintain a close bilateral partnership, supported by a 1997 Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and a strategic partnership established in 2008. The two governments have pursued cooperation in areas including defense, economic relations and law enforcement. Their 2023 intergovernmental summit reaffirmed the partnership and set out further areas for collaboration.
Key developments
Italy and Romania signed a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.
Italy and Romania established a strategic partnership.
An Italian-Romanian intergovernmental summit reaffirmed the strategic partnership and addressed further collaboration.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which commitments from the 2023 intergovernmental summit have been implemented is unclear.