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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-01-26
January 26, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] The President of Romania, Emil Constantinescu, Has just Begun His
Visit to Budapest
[02] Romania Will Be Present at the Winter Session of the Parliamentary
Meeting of European Council
[03] Romanian President, Emil Constantinescu at the Central European Summit
[04] "The Getting out of the Government of the Democratic Party Ministers
Doesn't Mean a Breaking up of the Coalition"- Declares the President of the
National Liberal Party
[05] January 24th - The Celebration of the Historical Union of Moldavia and
Wallachia
[06] Sports News
[01] The President of Romania, Emil Constantinescu, Has just Begun His
Visit to Budapest
The President of Romania, Emil Constantinescu, had a first meeting in
Budapest, on Sunday, with his Hungarian counterpart, Arpad Goncz, at his
residence. On Monday, the official part of President Constantinescu's
official visit will start. The Romanian head of state will also meet
Hungarian premier, Gyula Horn. Emil Constantinescu will visit areas with a
RomaniSn population in the neighbouring country and will inaugurate in
Seged Romania's General Consulate. The Romanian President arrived in
Budapest from Slovakia, where he participated in the Central European
Summit of Levoca, where 11 heads of state proclaimed the right of the
former communist countries to get integrated into the Euro-Atlantic
structures. Ch\nnel 1 of the Romanian television broadcast live from
Budapest an interview with President Constantinescu who referred to the
Slovak summit and the onjectives of his visit to Hungary. In Levoca he
briefed his counterpart on the situation in Romania, stating that the
conflict in Bucharest is not between reformists and counter-reformists, but
between political forces eager to carry out the reform at a fast pace and
other forces that want the reform to be made very fast. Likewise, the
Romanian head of state has specified that Romania's commitments to European
and Euro-Atlantic integration, to reform and to supporting investments
cannSt be questioned in any way. As to Romania's relations with Hungary,
President Constantinescu has said that they have gone beyond the stage of
recounciliation and are now in the stage of building the present and
especially the future in the field of economic and commercial co-operation,
co-operation on third markets and attracting the big capital, to joint
projects.The delegation accompanying the Romanian President to Budapest
also includes Foreign Minister Andrei Plesu, Defense Minister Victor Babiuc,
the Minister of Trade and Industry Mircea Ciumara and the Minister for
Minorities Ghyorghy Tokai. RADOR
[02] Romania Will Be Present at the Winter Session of the Parliamentary
Meeting of European Council
Since this Monday until Friday in Strasbourg-France takes place the Winter
Session of the parliamentary meeting of European Council, to which the
President of the Romanian Senate, Petre Roman is invited. On Monday evening
Petre Roman will be in Strasbourg and on Tuesday morning he willSdeliver a
speech in front of the delegates. The Romanian Parliamentary Delegation is
headed by senator Radu Vasile, belonging to the Christian Democratic
National Peasant Party. The only modification inside the delegation is the
presence of senator Rodica Stanoiu, belonging to the Social Democratic
Romanian Party. She took the place of Teodor Melescanu, according to a
decision of the Parliament. RADOR
[03] Romanian President Emil Constantinescu at the Central European Summit
On Saturday, in Lavoca, Slovakia, at the conclusion of the Central European
summit, Romanian President, Emil Constantinescu said that the wish of the
countries in the region to join the EU and NATO was not justified so much
by strictly military and economic reasons, but by the need for them to join
institutions defending a certain set of humanistic values. The Romanian
President said that mutual wish of the Central and East European countries
had createed a human solidarity, helping them overcome possible
diffSrences. Emil Constantinescu said that there was geo-political
stability in Central and Eastern Europe but that this stability could be
undermined by two perils: the revival of national-communism and the
proliferation of the organized crime network. He called on all civil
societies in the Central and East European countries to mobilize for
fighting those phenomena. As to the political disputtes in Bucharest, Emil
Constantinescu said that one could not talk about a political crisis in
Bucharest, nor about a conflict between reformists and anti-reformists, but
between certain political forces that want to implement the economic reform
fast and others who want to implement it very fast. After Lavoca, the
Romanian President left Slovakia for his formal visit to Hungary over
January 25-27th. At the Central European Summit in Lavoca, 11 Central and
East European heads of state proclaimed the right of the former communist
countries to be members of the EU. RADOR
[04] "The Getting out of the Sovernment of the Democratic Party Ministers
Doesn't Mean a Breaking up of the Coalition" - Declares the President of
the National Liberal Party
"The decision of getting out of the Government of a group of ministers
belonging to the Democratic Party is regrettable, but it is a decision
which must be taken into consideration. This getting out of the DP
ministers doesn't mean the breaking up of the Coalition, on the contrary,
we think that there is a possibility of finding some actions in order to
keep the unity of the Coalition; more than that, some actions destined to
offer a parliamentary support to a government which becomes a minority,
from the point of view of the political composition" said the National
Liberal Party President, Mircea Ionescu Quintus in an interview for ROMANIA
RADIO NEWS. The Liberal President thinks that the DP ministers' adhering to
a censorship motion "seems to be impossible", such a position could appear
only in the case of "definitive and irreparable brSaking off". RADOR
[05] January 24th - The Celebration of the Historical Union of Moldavia and
Wallachia
On January 24th, there are 139 years since the union of the Romanian
historical provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia. Until their union in 1859,
with the Western powers'consent, the two provinces had a principality
status, being subject to the political influences of the Ottoman Empire-in
Wallachia and to the Tzarist Empire in Moldavia. On December 1st 1918, the
Romanian unitary nation state was created through the union of Romania with
the historical province of Transylvania, which until the end of World War I
was under the domination of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Upon this
anniversary, in Bucharest, the Romanian President Emil Constantinescu has
conveyed a message to the nation. He said that the Romanian state, a
national, unitary and indivisible construction must celebrate the heroes of
the important events in its history and at the same time look to the
future. The Romanian President has launched an appeal for the unity of all
Romanians at home and abroad. RADOR
[06] Sports News
The Romanian athlete Lidia Simion won the Osaka marathon on Sunday,
defeating Catrin Doerre of Germany, four time winner of this race. In
another move, Romanian tennis player Ruxandra Dragomir was defeated in two
sets, 6-0, 6-0 by the American Lindsay Davenport, in the eight finals of
the Ford tennis open in Melbourne, Australia. RADOR
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