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RADOR: News from Romania, 97-03-24
1997, March 24
CONTENTS
[01] End in Bucharest of the Third Crans Montana Forum;
[02] A Romanian Delegation in Brussels;
[03] American Support for Romania's NATO Membership;
[04] Romanian-Israeli Relations;
[05] Weather in Romania.
[01] End in Bucharest of the third Crans Montana Forum
Appreciated by the president of the Crans Montana Forum Jean-Paul Carteron
as a success, the conference "Romania at Work" occasioned concrete debates
on Romanian reform, restructuring and privatization in fields such as power
plants, minig, agriculture, civil engineering, banking and social
protection. In a message addressed to participants at the closure of the
debates, president Emil Consttantinescu appreciated this edition of the
Crans Montana Forum as a moment of reference for the new type of relations
between Romania and Western business circles. The message stresses that it
is essential at this stage for Romania's economic and diplomatic strategies
to be known as well as possible, as a real collaboration with Western Norld
requires the adoption of a common language. The message conveys an
invitation to all those who plan to invest a certain amount of capital to
come to Romania, highlighting the fact that Romanian reality is fully
compatible with such an action. We recall that the first meeting organized
by the Crans Montana Forum outside Switzerland was hosted by Athens in 1992
and dealt with "Europe and the Mediteranean in the New World Order", while
in 1994 the conference was organized in Bucharest and occasioned a meeting
between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the then Israeli foreign
minister Shimon Peres. The 1994 conference in Bucharest focussed on the
Yugoslav connflict and the Partnership for Peace.RRI-RADOR, March 24
[02] A Romanian delegation in Brussels
The stage of bilateral relation as part of the Europe Agreement with
Romania and Romania's preparation to join the EU are also on the agenda of
the third session of the Romania-EU Association Committee, to be held in
Brussels on Nonday. On the same day, the EU foreign ministers are meeting
in the Belgian capital their counterparts of the associate states. Romanian
delegation is headed by foreign minister Adrian Severin.RRI-RADOR, March
24
[03] American support for Romania's NATO membership
'The leader of the Republican majority in the American Senate, Trent Lott,
addressed an open letter to president Bill Clinton about NATO's enlargement
Eastwards", Romanian ambassador in Washington Mircea Geoana stated. In an
interview to aour radio station, ambassador Geoana has estimated that the
mention of Romania's name in the letter is proof that both in the
Administration and in the American Senate our country is ever better heard.
Mr Geoana said that the chairman of the parliamentary procedures Committee,
republican Jerry Solomon, introduced in the American Congress resolution no
53 stating that Romania must be taken into consideration for the first wave
of NATO's enlargement.RRI-RADOR, March 24
[04] Romania-Israeli relatNons
"Israel understands Romania's essential concern to be admitted into NATO
and hopes its efforts be crowned with success", Nathan Meron, director with
the Israeli Foreign Ministry said after his meeting with Senate's speaker
Petre Roman in Bucharest. The Israeli diplomat also said that Romania was
the only country to have uninterrupted ties with Israel. After Russia,
Romania is the second important business partner of Israel.RRI-RADOR,
March 24
[05] Weather in Romania
Weathter is cloudy and cold throughout the whole country. Some snow falls
are possible in Northern and Central regions, and rains in the rest.
Temperatures range from -6 to 0 centigrades in the morning and 0 to 8
centigrades at noon. RADOR, March 22
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