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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-07-13
July 13, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] Attempt to Solve PNL's Emerging Differences;
[02] Adrian Nastase About His Meeting with President Constantinescu;
[03] King Michael I on a Visit to Romania;
[04] Solidarity with People in Flood Affected Areas;
[05] Romanian-Bulgarian-Turkish High Level Meeting;
[06] Canada in Support of Romania's Efforts to Join NATO;
[07] Romanian - Ukrainian Cross-Border Cooperation Projects;
[08] Romanian Illegal Immigrants in Austria;
[01] Attempt to solve PNL's emerging differences
The president of the PNL branch in the county of Bacau, Valentin Gheorghe,
said he would try to solve the emerging conflict betwee the party's
leadership and PNL vicepresident Viorel Catarama. PNL deputy Valeriu
Ghoerghe said that, along with Mr Catarama, the PNL leadership was invited
to participate in a series of open and direct debates concerning the recent
conflict between the two sides and the economic reform in the very next
future. The leader of the Liberals in Bacau said he was confident that both
the PNL leadership (excepting vicepresident Valeriu Stoica who is due in
Italy shortly) and Mr Catarama would answer the invitation. He said the
Bacau branch of the National Liberal Party (PNL) had the right to launch an
initiative of the sort as Mr Catarama represented the Bacau county in the
Romanian Senate. He added that, in his opinion, the emerging conflict
between the two sides was rather unimportant. RADOR
[02] Adrian Nastase about his meeting with President Constantinescu
Romanian President Emil Constantinescu is due in the US next week for an
official visit. The Romanian delegation is also expected to include a
senator representing the Party Of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR), the
main opposition party in the Romanian Parliament. The Romanian president
had a meeting with PDSR representatives on Saturday and the delegation also
included PDSR vicepresident Adrian Nastase. Referring to the talks he had
at the Cotroceni Palace, Mr Nastase said: "We have insisted on a continuity
in promoting major projects of foreign policy, we have discussed over the
need of mutual support bwtween Power and Opposition, we have suggested some
topics to be included into the visit's agenda, let's say some points of
view concerning recent regional developments and ways of further developing
the Romanian-American relations. (...) As far as the domestic policy is
concerned, we have expressed our concern about the deteriorating economic
and social situation in the country, and we proposed further talks this
autumn in an attempt to find a radical soltuion aimed at recovering the
Romanian politics and economy". RADOR
[03] King Michael I on a Visit to Romania
Former Romanian sovereign, King Michael I, and His wife, Qeeen Ana, have
left Romania on Sunday after a three-week visit. Some 100 monarchists have
accopmpanied the Royal Family to the Otopeni Airport while offering flowers
and books or taking pictures. According to the same source, there was a
delay of about 20 minutes in the taking off of the plane. RADOR
[04] Solidarity with people in flood affected areas
The youth the Oltenian capital of Craiova have expressed their solidarity
with the people in flood affected areas. The Association of Christian-
Orthodox Students in Craiova has provided a 20 million lei of aid in goods
destined to the people in the Moldavian county of Bacau. According to the
same source, transport means are now badly needed. RADOR
[05] Romanian-Bulgarian-Turkish High Level Meeting
The prime ministers of Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey have met in the
Bulgarian capital of Sofia on Saturday for talks over issues concerning
their trilateral cooperation. Prime Minister Radu Vasile's visit to Sofia
was aimed at initiating and establishing institutionalised trilateral
contacts between the three sides. The talks focused on details concerning
economic cooperation and free trade areas in the region. The Romanian prime
minister stopped however short of making any remark concerning the
Bulgarian proposal of a second bridge between the two countries over the
Danube. Romanian Transport Minister Traian Basescu said the Bulgarians were
too much in a hurry to politicise the subject. The three prime ministers
have expressed their concerns about recent developments in the Kosovo
province of southern Serbia. Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov supported
the idea of a security ring to be created outside the Yugoslav borders
while Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz has reiterated his country's
support for Romania's and Bulgaria's NATO membership. The next trilateral
meeting due in Istanbul on September 12 is expected to focus on issues
concerning the fight against organised crime, drugs and arms traffiking and
terrorism. RADOR
[06] Canada in support of Romania's efforts to join NATO
While on a visit to Bucharest, Canadian Defence Minister Arthur Eggleton
said Romania deserved to becomne a NATO member and the country should join
the North-Atlantic Alliance in the second round. The Canadian minister
pointed out that his country would support Romania's efforts to join NATO.
The Canadian minister's statement is very important as Romanian Foreign
Minister Andrei Plesu has recently doubted that NATO would announce its
second round of expansion too soon. RADOR
[07] Romanian - Ukrainian cross-border cooperation projects
Projects of cross-border cooperation between Romania and Ukraine as part of
a EU-Phare programme were signed in the Rahip district in the Ukrainian
region of Transcarpathia. Representatives of county councils, the mayors of
mainly Ukrainian Romanian villages in the county of Maramures, experts of
Romanian Waters Utility and NGO representatives have decided to create an
international park on both sides of the Maramures Mountains betweeen the
two countries. The monitoring of upper Tisa river was agreed and new access
routes were expected to link the Viseu Valley in Maramures and the town of
Dilove in the Ukrainian district of Rahip. RADOR
[08] Romanian illegal immigrants in Austria
According to a French News Agency report, 31 Romanian illegal immigrants
were detained in the southern Austrian province of Carinthia on Saturday
night. The immigrants, 8 children included, were discovered during a
routine search by police near Austrian-Italian border. The Romanians came
from the Czech Republic and intended to cross the Austrian border into
Italy. RADOR
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