On May 17, the Mayor of Dilijan, Armenia, Armen Santrosyan and the Mayor of Roman, Romania, Dan Laurenţiu Leoreanu signed a cooperation deal, announcing Dilijan and Roman twin cities.

Armenian Ambassador to Romania Hamlet Gasparyan also attended the signing ceremony.

As the parties noted following the ceremony, the agreement signals a new start in the friendship and cooperation of the two nations, after a 1000-year presence of Armenians in Romania.

Roman is a mid-sized city, having the title of municipality, located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in Neamţ County at the confluence of the Siret and Moldova rivers. In 1609, an Armenian church and an adjacent school were built in the city. The city currently has an Armenian community, mainly composed of intellectual elite.