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US and Romanian presidents hold talks

(28 Oct 2003) 1. Romanian President Ion Iliescu arrives at White House and goes in 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ion Iliescu, President of Romania "I should express my satisfaction for this meeting with President Bush. We have mentioned together many positive evolution of our relations in the last years and the real partnership which was set up, which was consolidated in our bilateral relations. We have mentioned the visit of President Bush last year in Romania and he was enthusiastic with climate of his reception in Revolution Square in Bucharest. He even remembered the rainbow of Bucharest which remained a symbol of the visit of President Bush in Bucharest. We have mentioned the development of bilateral commercial relations . For the first time we have surpassed the limit of one billion (US) dollars, the bilateral commercial exchange, and there is very good positive strength this year , it will be better than last year by about twenty percent." 3. Cutaway 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ion Iliescu, President of Romania "We are continuing also our cooperation in our region in the former Yugoslavian space and we have spoken about the elaboration for this new stage of Romania being an ally, a consolidated ally, of the United States and the future member of NATO and we hope to maintain this positive trend and to give new background and new content of our relations and of our cooperation in the international sphere." 5. He leaves and gets in car . STORYLINE: US president George W. Bush and his Romanian counterpart Ion Iliescu held talks at the White House on Tuesday. After the meeting, Iliescu said they discussed bilateral relations as well as Romania's upcoming NATO accession. Romania is scheduled to join the NATO alliance in May. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...