{"id":4819,"date":"2025-06-25T15:24:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4819"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:24:49","slug":"saint-john-day-diplomatic-reception","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/saint-john-day-diplomatic-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint John Day Diplomatic Reception"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-4819","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":4820,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_4844-scaled.jpg"},"news_content":"<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">In the evening of 24th of June, the Embassy of the Order to Romania hosted the Order\u2019s annual reception at the Diplomatic Club in Bucharest.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">The guest list included a wide array of members of the\u00a0Diplomatic Corps accredited in Romania; representatives of the Romanian Government and Parliament, both from the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate; representatives of religious authorities and communities in Romania; as well as members\u00a0of civil society and the business community.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">The evening&#8217;s opening remarks were delivered by Ambassador Musneci, who briefly presented the Order\u2019s mission and activities in Romania and around the globe. The Ambassador was followed by HE Luca Niculescu, Secretary of State in the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who recalled the longstanding and continually deepening relations between Romania and the Order. After the speeches, the guests enjoyed a musical performance from the classical quartet \u201cArtis\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">Following the eventful day, Ambassador Musneci stated, \u201cI am thrilled that we successfully held two outstanding events for Saint John Day. This morning saw the three most recent Members of AROM\u2014who were formally admitted to the Order last year\u2014celebrate their religious investiture together with the rest of the National Association.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">The Ambassador added, \u201cThis evening, the Embassy hosted our annual reception, which too was a great success, seeing a great turnout of friends and colleagues from Romania and the wider international community coming together.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial,sans-serif\">\u201cIt is also important to note that this year marks an even greater number of countries that the Order enjoys formal diplomatic relations with\u2014where the current total stands at over 100 countries,\u00a0as well as Permanent Member status at the United Nations, as well as diplomatic relations with the European Union, African Union, and others,\u201d explained Ambassador Musneci.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","news_gallery":"yes","news_gallery_elements":[{"id":4828,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_4343-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4826,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_4278-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4822,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_3976-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4824,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_4035-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4830,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_4693-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4844,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_5036-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4832,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_4790-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4834,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_4925-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4836,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_4947-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4838,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_4976-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4840,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_5025-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4842,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_5033-scaled.jpg"},{"id":4846,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/DSC_5281-scaled.jpg"}],"news_excerpt":"In the evening of 24th of June, the Embassy of the Order to Romania hosted the Order\u2019s annual reception at the Diplomatic Club in Bucharest."},"news_categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/4819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/4819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}