Romania is "firmly" committed to supporting democratic values, human rights, including gender equality, combating anti-Semitism, xenophobia and any form of discrimination, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday in a release addressing foreign concerns arisen after the first round of Romania's presidential election."The entirety of Romania's foreign policy initiatives is inseparable from Romania's belonging to the area of freedoms and rights guaranteed by its status as a EU member and NATO ally," the Foreign Affairs Ministry said, also pointing out that "35 years since Romania's return to the family of Western democracies through the courage of those who died in the Romanian Revolution, these values are the ones that underpin peace, security and prosperity for all Romanian citizens, wherever they may be."