Romania recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence on 1 March 1996, both countries established diplomatic relations on the same day.

[1] They entered into a free trade agreement in April 2003,[2] which Romania withdrew from following its entry into the European Union in 2007.

[3] President Traian Băsescu of Romania made an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina in March 2008.

[4] Romania has argued against any rapid withdrawal of troops from Bosnia,[5] and supports Bosnian entry into the EU.

[6] Romania contributed 200 soldiers to a non-combat Engineering Battalion of IFOR/SFOR in the wake of the Bosnian conflict in the mid-90s,[7] four helicopters to the EUFOR operation between 2005 and 2006, and 85 police to the EU mission between 2003 and 2006.