Romania has an embassy in Rome, five general consulates (in Milan, Turin, Trieste, Bari and Bologna).

[2] Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the European Union and NATO.

As of December 2017, there are around 1,168,552 people of Romanian descent living in Italy, being considered the largest foreign community in the country.

[3] Relations between Italy and Romania have traditionally been close due to a large Latin kinship, thanks to their shared similar languages.

More recently, after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, over a million Romanians moved to Italy for work and better living conditions.