The Consulate General of Romania in Cahul (Romanian: Consulatul General al României la Cahul) is a consulate general of Romania to Moldova.
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Romanian President Traian Băsescu on November 2, 2009 signed the decrees on opening of Romanian general consulat in Cahul. "The opening of the Romanian consulates in Bălţi and Cahul will be beneficial for the Moldovan people, who have encountered economic and time-related problems as they have to travel to the consulate in Chişinău," Moldova's Foreign Minister Iurie Leancă said, commenting on the Băsescu's decree.[1]
Romania asked the approval for the opening of the consulate as early as in 2006, in order to easy thus the process of granting visas to the Moldovan citizens more easily, after Romania's accession with the European Union on January 1, 2007.[2] Initially, the communist authorities in Chişinău gave their approval for the opening of the two consular offices, but they later came with the condition Romania to accept two consular offices of the Republic of Moldova on its territory too, in Iaşi and Constanţa.
Moreover, the former communist rule in Chişinău conditioned the signing of the small border traffic agreement on the signing of the Basic Political Treaty between the two countries and also of the agreement referring to the delimitation of the border.[3] [4]
On January 28, 2010, Traian Băsescu visited the future headquarters of the Romanian consulate in Cahul.[5] Speaking about the opening of the two Romanian consulates in Bălţi and Cahul, Băsescu said that the consulate in Cahul could be opened in 2-3 weeks.[6]
The consulate has 17 employees[7]: Consul General, two consuls, two main consular officers, six major referers, two drivers, two skilled workers and two guards. The Consul General is Ms. Genţiana Şerbu.[8]