Members of the Romanian Government and the Israeli Government will meet this November in Jerusalem, following an agreement on Wednesday in Bucharest between Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Boc said Wednesday the priority fields for cooperation between Romania and Israel are agriculture, energy, infrastructure, defence and tourism.

'We agreed to have a roadmap for our bilateral relations and also to schedule an intergovernmental meeting for this November to materialise development projects, and we also selected some important, key fields for cooperation, among which I would mention agriculture, energy, infrastructure, as well as defence matters, where there is excellent cooperation, along with tourism, healthcare and environment,' said Boc.

The meeting in Jerusalem should also discuss the possibility to provide additional scholarships to Israeli students wanting to study in Romania and Romanian students wanting to attend university courses in Israel.

'I would also point to cultural cooperation, given that there are excellent relations between Romanian and Israeli universities, so that cooperation in this filed may be further consolidated and the number of fellowships for Romanian and Israel scientists and students multiplied, which will further strengthen the cultural component of the bilateral relationship,' said Boc.

He also underscored the advantage of the Romanian-Israeli ties as a result of the involvement of the business community.

'We have the advantage of having a long history of excellent cooperation, which is based on the fact that these ties are consolidated by very many Israeli citizens who have connections to Romania, the same as there are many Romanian citizens having connections to Israel,' said Boc.