The signing of the accession to the ESA Convention by Romania took place at the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest on 20 January 2011. Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, and Marius-Ioan Piso, President and CEO of the Romanian Space Agency, signed the accession agreement in the presence of Teodor Baconschi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former cosmonaut Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, Chairman of the Board of the Romanian Space Agency.