Ties between Romania and the Kurdistan date back to the mid-20th century when Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu held meetings with Kurdish rebels fighting the regime of Saddam Hussein.

"[4] The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan stated that the Romanian representation would strengthen economic, scientific and cultural ties between the two parties.

[5] In October 2013, Kurdish Foreign Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir visited Bucharest with an Iraqi delegation.

Furthermore, they discussed strengthening ties in the fields of energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, agriculture, transportation, Information technology and education.

[8] At the GLOBSEC 2016, Aurescu's successor, Lazăr Comănescu met with Falah Mustafa and discussed bilateral ties as well.