Robert F Kennedy Jr will meet next week in Bucharest with Romanian presidential leader Calin Georgescu: Report

Robert F Kennedy Jr, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the US Department of Health, will be in Romania next week to meet Calin Georgescu, the far-right surprise winner in the first round of the presidential election, a news outlet has announced. Romanian television.

Georgescu topped last Sunday’s vote and secured a place in a runoff scheduled for December 8, in a victory that could upend politics in Romania and undermine its pro-Western stance .

However, the election result was challenged at the Supreme Court of Romania, which ordered a recount of all the votes cast last Sunday. The court will decide on Monday whether to cancel the first round. Romania also organizes parliamentary elections on Sunday.

Kennedy will be in Bucharest next week to launch his book about the coronavirus pandemic, with a foreword written by Georgescu, the private television station Realitatea announced in a statement. Kennedy is an environmentalist who has spread misinformation about vaccines.

“Realitatea is the media partner of the meeting at the end of the year between the future Secretary of Health in the government of Donald Trump and the surprise winner of the presidential vote,” Realitatea said in a statement. He added that the televised discussion will take place on December 5.

A spokesman for Kennedy and representatives of Republican Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Georgescu said on Realitatea earlier this week that Kennedy could come to Bucharest.

On Saturday, his communications team neither denied nor confirmed the meeting.