Present at an informal meeting of the EU Foreign ministers, held in the United States, Corlatean said Romania wants to help these countries handle Syrian refugees in their territory, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a press release Wednesday.
Syria has been mired in civil war for 18 months. According to non-governmental organizations, over 27,000 people were killed in the conflict.
The number of Syrians who fled Syria and found refuge in neighboring countries has exceeded 250,000, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said last week.