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RADOR: News from Romania, 97-10-09
October 9, 1997
CONTENTS
[01] Romanian President Emil Constantinescu Met Hungarian Foreign Minister
Laszlo Kovacs
[02] Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ciorbea on a Visit to Cluj-Napoca
[03] A British Guest in Romania
[04] Romanian Diplomacy in Action
[05] Weather in Romania
[06] Currency Rates
[01] Romanian President Emil Constantinescu met Hungarian Foreign minister
Laszlo Kovacs
Romanian President Emil Constantinescu met on Wednseday Hungarian Foreign
Minister Laszlo Kovacs who is paying a two-day visit to Bucharest. Laszlo
Kovacs said the situation of ethnic Hungarians in Romania has improved and
he mentioned the determination to further improve it in the future. He also
declared that, during a visit to the United States, the American officials
appreciated the positive changes that occured in Romanian - Hungarian
relations. Laszlo Kovacs also expressed his opinion that Romanian -
Hungarian ties are on a developing course and the two countries should
support each other in the race for their integration in the Euro-Atlantic
structures. RRI-RADOR, October 9
[02] Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ciorbea on a visit to Cluj-Napoca
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ciorbea paid a visit to Cluj-Napoca, a town
in Central Romania, for talks with representatives in the majority
coalition. He declared that inter-ethnic and inter-confessional tensions as
well as difficulties in implimentation of reform emerging in the Cluj
county were due to the fact that the current opposition won the elections
for local and county administration. The prime minister visited the Babes-
Boliay University where he had talks with the Senate of this higher
education institute. Victor Ciorbea met also the staff of te Fourth
Transylvania Army. RRI-RADOR, October 9
[03] A British guest in Romania
British Secretary of State for the armed forces John Reed is paying a two-
day visit Romania. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Reed said that military
relations with Romania are the strongest Britain had in the region. He also
said that he will convey to Romanian officials the message that NATO doors
remain open. RRI-RADOR, October 9
[04] Romanian diplomacy in action
The second summit of heads of states and government of the Council of
Europe Member States will be held in Strasbourg on October 10-11. Romanian
delegaton will be headed by President Emil Constantinescu. Te summit is
expected t adpt a declaration ad a plan of actionfor the consolidation of
democratic stability within the member states.
A Romanian Foreign Ministry spokesman announced at the weekly press
conference, held today, that Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Severin will
pay an official visit to South Africa between October 14-16.
The Romanian Foreign Ministry spokesperson also said that, between October
9-13, a MPs delegation of the Western Europe Organisation will visit
Romania for working out a report on bilateral ties.
On October 9-10, Romania will be visited by Jose Mauricio Bustani, Director
General of the Organisation for banning chemical weapons in the Hague. This
is the first visit Mr. Bustani is paying to a state which is art of the
Convention on chemical weapons. RRI-RADOR, October 9
[05] Weather in Romania
Weather in Romania will be warm and suny in most of the country.
Temperatures will range from 6 centigrades in the morning to 28 centigrades
at noon. RADOR, October 9
[06] Currency rates
1 USD = 7,690 lei; 1 DEM = 4,369 lei; 1 CHF = 5,303 lei; 1 FRF = 1,300 lei;
1 GBP = 12,466 lei; 1 XEU = 8,561 lei. RADOR, October 9
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