The Minister of National Defence, Mircea Dusa, met with Dean Thompson, incoming Charge d`affaires ad-interim at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest and Duane Butcher, head of the U.S. diplomatic mission Duane Butcher, who is ending his term in Romania. On this introductory visit, Minister Dusa welcomed the US official and asserted the excellent defence cooperation based on the Strategic Partnership for the 21st century between Romania and the USA.