Cika wannan jumla: A 1979, bayan da Soviet ta goyi bayan
mamayewar Vietnamese na Democratic Kampuchea, Romania ta zama memba na farko na Yarjejeniyar Warsaw don jefa ƙuri'ar adawa da Soviet a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Romania kuma ta ci gaba da amincewa da Khmer Rouge a matsayin halattaccen wakilin Kambodiya a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya; Har ila yau, Romania ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe goma da suka ci gaba da ofishin jakadancin a Kambodiya a lokacin mulkin Pol Pot. A waccan shekarar, Tarayyar Soviet ta mamaye Afghanistan kuma Romania ta kada kuri'ar amincewa da kudurin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da ke kira da a janye dakarun Soviet nan da nan ba tare da wani sharadi ba, Romania ta rabu da kawayenta na Yarjejeniyar Warsaw kuma ta kaurace. Kuma wata ɗaya bayan haka, a taron ƙasashen kwaminisanci a Sofia, Romania ta bi Jam'iyyar Dimokuraɗiyya ta Koriya ta Arewa wajen ƙin amincewa da mamayar.