(ANSA) - BELGRADE, MAY 19 - "Your brilliant electoral success, for which I warmly congratulate you, constitutes a development of great importance not only for Romania but also for the further advancement of the European integration process," stated the Italian President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in a message sent to Romania's new President, Nicuşor Daniel Dan. "I am confident that the achievement of this unavoidable common objective and numerous high goals will be greatly aided by the strengthening of the already strong and deep bond that unites Romania and Italy," Mattarella added. (ANSA).