The Netherlands is commending Romania for her important achievements on the way to the EU and is voicing hope that Romania will become a full member of the EU in 2007, Dutch foreign affairs minister Bernard Bot declared in a neutral way yesterday in Bucharest. But he also stressed the current state members are still to assess if Romania's progress towards EU accession has been sufficient.

The Netherlands will continue to scrutinize the run of reforms in Romania , particularly in the field of the judiciary, with a critical eye, he said at the end of a meeting with Romanian foreign minister Mihai Razvan-Ungureanu. The ratification procedures of Romania 's Accession Treaty to the European Union are going on in the Netherlands, with the Dutch Senate expected to discuss the ratification next week.