





Romanian PM Viorica Dancila to leave for Israel amid embassy furore on Wednesday
The two-day official visit comes at Netanyahu's invitation, the government said in a press release.
According to Romanian government, the talks will focus on the bilateral relations, especially on opportunities to bring additional value to cooperation in issues of common interests.
A similar invitation has been received by Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Liviu Dragnea, according to a document presented by news channel Antena 3 on Monday. Dragnea, who serves as House speaker, is seen as the real leader of the governing PSD-led coalition, ruiling the government with an iron grip and placing Dancila as a puppet PM as he himself could not stand for office due to a suspended sentence for electoral fraud.
A state secretary from the General Secretariat of the Government was already sent for an official 4-day visit to Israel last weekend, shortly before Dancila's.
The visits come as a scandal broke last week when Dragnea claimed in a TV show that the government made a "decision" to move the Romanian Embassy to Israel to Jerusalem. While such a decision has not yet been made actually, according to current evidence, it has prompted a harsh reaction from President Iohannis, who earlier this week said he talked extensively to PM Dancila about the risks and implications of such a move.