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RADOR: News from Romania, 97-06-02
June 2, 1997
CONTENTS
[01] Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Severin Has Returned from a NATO
Meeting in Sintra, Portugal
[02] Romanian-Ukrainian Treaty Is To Be Signed in Neptune
[03] Spring Session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Has Ended in Luxemburg
[04] Child's International Day in Romania
[05] Tensions in Odorheiu Secuiesc
[06] Weather in Romania
[01] Romanian foreign minister Adrian Severin has returned from a NATO
meeting in Sintra, Portugal
Romanian foreign minister Adrian Severin has described as important the
meeting of the NATO foreign ministers in Sintra, Portugal, owing to the
fact that they expressed for the first time their points of view over the
Alliance's enlargement. On Friday, upon his return to Bucharest from Sintra
where he took part in the inauguration of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership
Council, Mr Severin said he had meetings with foreign ministers from Europe
and North America, including the US secretary of state Madeleine Albright.
He added that following hiJ talks with the foreign ministers from Budapest
and Vienna, the Romania-Hungary-Austria trilateral, meant to strengthen
security in Central Europe, was launched. The trilateral will occasion a
closer political dialogue with sides cooperating for the preparation of
Romania's and Hungary's admission into the European Union as well as in the
fields of transport, infrastructure, human rights and ethnic minorities.
RRI-RADOR, June 2
[02] Romanian-Ukrainian Treaty is to be signed in Neptune
The Treaty of good neighbourhood and cooperation between Romania and
Ukraine will be signed today by Romanian and Ukrainian presidents Emil
Consrantinescu and Leonid Kuchma respectively on June 2-nd in Neptun, a
resort on the Black See Coast. The document which was initialled in Kiev on
May 3-rd is accompanied by a Romanian-Ukrainian accord containing
principles related to the settlement of certain pending issues between the
two countries. One of the main issues refers to the demarcation of the
Black SJa continental plateau. The document provides for the possibility of
appealing to the International Court of Justice in the Hague if these
issues are not settled within two years. One of the Treaty's major
provisions regards the protection of the Romanians living in Ukraine. The
two sides bind themselves to enforce the principles and regulations laid
down in the European and international documents in the field, the Council
of Europe recommendation 1201 included. RRI-RADOR, June 2
[03] Spring session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly has ended in Luxemburg
The spring session of the North-Atlantic Parliamentary Assembly came to an
end in Luxemburg on Sunday. The session was also attended by MPs from the
partner countries, Romania included. The parliamentarians participating in
the event have tried to reach a consensus on the number of nations that are
going to be accepted into the Alliance in the first round. Luxemburg has
reasserted its support for Romania's and Slovenia's admission in the Jirst
intake although in Sintra, Porugal, the US advanced the idea of accepting
only three countries in the first wave. In another move, Romania's former
sovereign HM King Michael I was also in Luxemburg on Sunday as part of a
tour meant for supporting Romania's joining NATO in the first round. RRI-
RADOR, June 2
[04] Child's International Day in Romania
Romania marked the Child's Interational Day through various events. A show
was held at the Concert Hall of the Romanian Radio entitled "Children - Our
Joys and Worries" organised by the Foundation "Save the Children". The show
was attended by Romanian president Emil Constantinescu. The Head of the
Romanian State said that we must love and protect our children because it
is their creativity and talent that will ensure Romania's future. RRI-
RADOR, June 2
[05] Tensions in Odorheiu Secuiesc
Romania's government has decided the setting up of a commission for the
settling of a conflict generated by the ownership claim over a building in
Central Romania at Odorheiul Secuiesc, a town mainly inhabited by ethnic
Hungarians. The building in question is a school for orphan children, built
by a Swiss foundation and the Romanian Greek-Catholic congregation. The
building and the land on which it stands are claimed by the city hall of
Odorheiul Secuiesc which wants to set up a higher education institu6e in
Hungarian there. The local authorities have evacuated the nuns and the
children from the school. Representatives of the Hungarian minority in
Romania's government and ethnic Hungarians' Democratic Union of Romania
have dissociated themselves from any brutal action, no matter who did it,
and said that the mayor of the town is not a member of the ethnic
Hungarians' Union. RRI-RADOR, June 2
[06] Weather in Romania
Weather in Romania remains cloudy and cold in most of the country. Rain
falls and even snow falls are forecast in Northern mountain regions.
Tenmperatures will range from 4-8 centigrades in the morning to 18
centigradeJ at noon. RADOR, June 2
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