The President of Romania Traian Basescu welcomed yesterday to Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest, the US senators Richard G. Lugar, possibly a future head of the EU diplomacy. According to the US Congress website, the republican senator from Indiana is touring nine states for two weeks, given the Russian-Georgian conflict. The visit's main objective is the consolidation of the Transatlantic Alliance's energy security. The US official has got official meetings scheduled to take place in France, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and Germany. He is also due to talk to officials in the NATO headquarters in Brussels. (...) (E.P.)