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​High-stake, secretly signed agreement between Romanian company and the company owned by Elliot Broidy, US lobbyist who took top Romanian politician close to Trump

February 8, 2018

An agreement with a major financial stake was signed February 1st this year between representatives of a Romanian state company and a US company owned by Elliot Broidy, an American lobbyist involved in the visit of two top Romanian politicians to Washington for the inauguration of Donald Trump's presidency. Representatives of Romania's Economy ministry have confirmed the information for HotNews.ro. The agreement was signed in secrecy, without media presence or press releases, in an opaque manner, despite it being attended by top ministers and the US Ambassador to Bucharest.

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