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RADOR: News from Romania, 99-12-02
2 December, 1999
CONTENTS
[01] 1 December, the National Holiday of Romania
[02] Reception at the Cotroceni Palace by the President of Romania
[03] The eighth meeting of the presidents of the European Parliament and
the presidents of the parliaments of the countries that wish to accede to
the European Union
[04] Romanian - United States diplomatic contacts
[05] President of UDMR - Union of Democratic Magyars of Romania - Marko
Bela met with the high commissioner for national minorities Max Van Der
Stoel
[06] The 45-th session of UEO
[01] 1 December, the National Holiday of Romania
Capital city Bucharest and all the other cities of Romania hosted various
events and manifestations devoted to the National Holiday of Romania 1
December. Participating and attending have been high officials,
representatives of public local administration as well as a very numerous
audience. The central place was the town of Alba - Iulia which in 1918 had
been the stage of the Union. RADOR
[02] Reception offered by the President of Romania at the Cotroceni Palace
The traditional reception offered by the President of Romania on the
occasion of the National Holiday of Romania was attended by members of the
Diplomatic Corps, politicians, men of culture and personalities of the
Romanian public life. President Emil Constantinescu spoke about the
significance of Union Day and stressed the fact that for the Romanian
people more than half this century was represented by war and
dictatorship. The President also said that in the last ten years Romania
has started democratic progress and added the following, we quote:" Now a
month before the year 2000 and ten years after the collapse of communism
we should all in good faith look at the full half of the glass which we
raise to celebrate our National Holiday. Decentralization of the
Administration, restitution of the lands, modernization of the system of
taxes and improvement of the pension system make up for some drams in the
full half of the glass if you will. To all this we should add the firmness
and consistency with which Romania takes further action for its
integration in the European and Euro-Atlantic structures. By offering facts
we have obtained facts. The independence, sovereignty, unity and peace of
Romania are not questioned " - said President Emil Constantinescu quoted
by RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. The President of Romania made an appeal to
unity saying that the successes of Romania are the result of our unity
while shortcomings are the outcome of lack of unity. " It is today, on the
National Holiday of Romania, that appreciation should be expressed to all
friends of Romania for the support and trust granted during all these hard
years and I wish to thank the citizens of Romania for their efforts to
overcome difficult moments, moments of despair and mistrust. I believe
that we are all duty-bound to observe everything that unites us". RADOR
[03] The eighth meeting of the presidents of the European Parliament with
the Presidents of the Parliaments of the countries that wish to join the
European Union
Wednesday in Brussels conclusion of the debates of the eighth meeting of
the presidents of the parliaments of the countries that wish to join the
European Union. Romania was represented by a delegation led by the
President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ion Diaconescu and Petre Roman,
President of the Senate. In the Communique adopted at the end of the
debates the participants, according to RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI, agree
that negociations should start with all six applicants while the results
of the process are wholly in keeeping with the efforts and merits of each
and every participant. Ion Diaconescu and Petre Roman are quoted by RADIO
ROMANIA ACTUALITATI to have said that the meeting confirmed the
democratization and transparency of the process of enlargement and added
that the point of view of Romania in this matter was well understood and
had the expected response. RADOR
[04] Romanian - United States diplomatic contacts
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, secretary of state with the Foreign Ministry of
Romania is in the USA for official talks after which he goes to Canada to
continue dialog with officials on the North American continent. While in
D.C. Mr. Ungureanu met with special counsellors of the United States
secretary of state, Madeleine Albright. Discussed until now have been the
situation in the Republic of Moldova and the Chechn crisis as well as best
ways in which Romania establishes cooperation with transatlantic partners,
reports RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. Referring to cooperation between
Bucharest and Washington in as far as strategic partnership is concerned
Mr. Ungureanu told RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI, we quote: "Strategic
partnership is by far one of the chapters which are extremely significant
for our foreign policy. We cannot say now that Romania is just a footnote
of the problems under discussion in D.C. On the contrary I have noticed
the concern of the hosts for Romania to have its own SUCCESS STORY".
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[05] President of UDMR Marko Bela met with the high commissioner of OSCE
for issues of the minorities Max Van Der Stoel who made a visit to Romania
Marko Bela of the Union of Democratic Magyars of Romania met with the high
commissioner of OSCE for minorities Max Van der Stoel during his visit to
Romania. The guest will draw up a report after his visit to Cluj and to
Bucharest where he had talks with the representatives of the Magyar
minority. UDMR leader said he talked with Van der Stoel of aspects linked
to multicultural activities among which the right of minorities to have
education in their own mother tongues. According to RADIO ROMANIA
ACTUALITATI the sides talked of the possibility of having Magyar as a
tuition language at the Law and Economy higher education institute of Cluj
and at the Pharmacy and Medicine Faculty of Targu Mures and the Music
Academy of Cluj in the future. RADOR
[06] The 45-th session of the UEO Assembly
A delegation of Romania led by Academician Gabriel Tepelea is in Paris for
the 45-th session of the session of the UEO Assembly. In an interview to
RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI Academician Tepelea said the main point on the
agenda was the inclusion of UEO into the European Union. Mr. Tepelea
pointed to the address of Javier Solana in the first day of debates which
was very important as it tried to clear all aspects related to the link
between the two organizations, EU and UEO, which is its military wing
which must merge with the first by absorbtion or melting. RADOR
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