The bonds were launched earlier today, Stefan Nanu told Mediafax.
The ministry hopes to raise about $2 billion at today’s auctions.
The 10-year notes are being marketed at 237.5 basis points area over US Treasuries, or a yield guidance of 5.25%, while the guidance on the 30-year issue was set at 6.50%.
BNP Paribas, Citigroup and JP Morgan are bookrunner on the deals.
Romania plans to sell debt worth around 46 billion lei (around EUR10 billion) on the local market in 2014. Additionally, the country wants to raise some EUR2 billion at international auctions this year.
In 2013, Romania tapped international markets for $1.5 billion at a US dollar-bond sale and raised another EUR2 billion at two Eurobond sales.