Romania stands to lose each time a young person doesn’t find at home the professional and personal opportunities they are looking for, President Klaus Iohannis says on the occasion of the tenth edition of the Gala of Romanian Students Abroad, Agerpres reads.

“These young people are ambassadors of the Romanian culture and education and represent an important vector in building the image of our country,” says President Iohannis in his message.

According to the head of state, without the contribution of the Romanian youth who studied abroad the modern Romania foundation couldn’t have been laid, bringing to mind the members of the generation of 1848, who used the experience of their studies in Western Europe to promote the idea of having democratic and modern institutions in the Romanian Principalities.

“The technological and cultural progress of our country has always been facilitated by the free movement of ideas, the cooperation with other people in Europe and worldwide. Unfortunately, over the recent years this mobility has mostly been unidirectional. Romania stands to lose each time a young person doesn’t find at home the professional and personal opportunities they are looking for. However, this doesn’t mean that we discourage academic mobility, because this represents an important source of partnerships and contributes to the creation of joint economic or research projects with specialists from other states. In the context of globalisation, the young Romanians who study abroad can become a catalyst for Romania’s economic and social development,” Iohannis said.