The request was made in the meeting of Romanian and Italian ministers of the interior, held in Bucharest on Monday.
The issue of African immigrants was also discussed by Prime Minister Emil Boc and his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi, who gave thanks for Romania’s help in taking some of the refugees.
Berlusconi also told Boc that around 1.3 million Romanian citizens currently work in Italy and that the disputes two years ago caused by certain Romanians in Italy are already “a thing of the past.”
He assured Boc that Italy supports Romania’s accession to the Schengen Area and added that he admires the Romanian Government’s decision to cut public expenses and increase the VAT last summer.
The Italian prime minister arrived Monday in Bucharest for a two-day visit.