President Dan: I support winning over Austrian investment for Romania

 At the Salzburg Summit 2025 in Austria on Friday, Romania's President Nicusor Dan met officials of the Austrian business community, speaking in favour of winning over Austrian investment for Romania and encouraging a stronger presence of Romanian companies on the Austrian market."We had a constructive meeting with representatives of the Austrian business community at the Salzburg Summit 2025. We discussed opportunities for economic cooperation and underlined Romania's interest in strengthening bilateral economic relations. I support winning over Austrian investment for Romania and also encouraging a stronger presence of Romanian companies on the Austrian market," Dan wrote in a social media post.He added that "it is in the interest of both countries to capitalise on this potential through sustainable partnerships in areas such as infrastructure, energy, construction and innovative technologies." President Nicusor Dan stated on Friday, regarding Romania's economic situation, that a message of calm needs to be sent out to the partners and financial markets, noting that the recent assessment by Standard & Poor's rating agency confirmed the country's creditworthiness."We must send out a message of calm to our partners, especially to the financial markets, the best thing is that we had an assessment by Standard & Poor's that confirmed where we stand. We will see the figures at the end of the year. Anyway, the markets have appreciated the Romanian state's willingness to reduce the deficit and the direction it is taking," said Nicusor Dan when asked by the press if he has information that the country's economic situation would be much more serious.Asked if the measures taken are sufficient, the head of the state said: "For the answer to this question, we always have to look to an external observer, and the most qualified external observer is a rating agency."Regarding the government postponing the adoption of the second package, Nicusor Dan said that this is no dramatic issue, because this will happen in early August instead of the end of July."So, let's stay calm and optimistic that we are headed in the right fiscal direction," the president added.Standard & Poor's reaffirmed on Wednesday Romania's sovereign rating at BBB-/A-3 (investment grade) and maintained its negative outlook. President Dan on Friday began a two-day official visit to Salzburg at the invitation of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen. He participated as a speaker at the Salzburg Summit 2025. He was also scheduled to meet Austria's Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker and attend the Salzburg Festival, a landmark cultural event, as a guest of honour of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen.