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  • April 27, 2022

    April 27, 2022

    REFUGEES Romania firmly condemns the blatant violation by Russia of
    Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as its international
    obligations pursuant to international laws, Romania’s Prime Minister Nicolae
    Ciuca said during the talks he had with his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal
    in Kyiv on Tuesday. Ciuca has today announced that Romania is considering the
    possibility of opening new border checkpoints at the border with Ukraine. The
    number of Ukrainian refugees who came to Romania on Tuesday rose by 50% as
    compared to the previous day – says the General Border Police Inspectorate.
    3,655 Ukrainian nationals entered Romania at the country’s border with Ukraine
    and 1,372 at the border with the Republic of Moldova. Since the onset of the
    Russian invasion, on February 24th, until Tuesday 792,715 Ukrainian
    nationals have entered Romania.








    HOLOCAUST Six
    torches are to be lit tonight at the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Day
    ceremony. Six million Jews were killed in Europe during the Holocaust, the most
    shameful page in the history of mankind, says Radio Romania correspondent in
    Israel. President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett are going to
    deliver speeches to the memory of the victims and the torches, a symbol for the
    six million Jews who died in Nazi concentration camps are to be lit by Holocaust
    survivors from Hungary, Lithuania, Austria, the Netherlands and Poland. Barbel
    Bas, president of the German Bundestag, is this morning visiting the World
    Holocaust Remembrance Center Yad Vashem in Jerusalem accompanied by the speaker
    of the Israeli Knesset, Mickey Levy.








    PLAN Romania has
    accomplished all the objectives in the National Plan of Recovery and Resilience
    (PNRR) it assumed jointly with the European Commission, the Romanian Minister
    of the Economy Florin Spataru says adding that when it comes to the reforms chapter,
    certain aspects must be reanalyzed in the following period and that will
    contribute together with investment to a major jump of the Romanian economy,
    which has the ability to see a fourfold economic growth by 2030. This growth
    will become possible if the principles included in the resilience plan are
    observed and funds intelligently used. According to the minister, money isn’t
    the only opportunity offered by the PNRR, but also the principles of economic
    and administrative reforms and all these converge towards a re-industrialized Romania,
    according to the principles of green economy and through digitization.








    SUPPORT Defence Minister Vasile Dincu has
    reiterated Romania’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
    Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. The Romanian official
    spoke within the Ukraine Defence Consultative Group hosted on Tuesday by the US
    air base in Ramstein, Germany. Dincu had a brief meeting with his Ukrainian
    counterpart Oleksii Reznikov whom he assured of our country’s full support for
    Ukraine and the readiness of keeping a constant and open dialogue whenever necessary.
    In Ramstein, the USA and their allies have pledged to support Ukraine by
    providing heavy artillery equipment. The event was held at the initiative of US
    Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and involved the participation of scores of
    defence ministers and chiefs of staff.






    COURT Legal Committees in
    the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest are today interviewing the
    candidates proposed by parties for the new judges of the country’s
    Constitutional Court. MPs will be voting the new candidates next week as the mandates
    of three of its judges are due to end in June this year. They are Valer
    Dorneanu, proposed by the Chamber of Deputies, Mona Pivniceru, proposed by the
    Senate and Daniel Morar proposed by the country’s president. Made up of nine
    judges appointed for a nine-year mandate, which cannot be extended or renewed,
    a third of the judges of the Constitutional Court is being renewed every three
    years. In another development, upon the request of the USR Parliamentary group,
    Finance Minister Adrian Caciu is today participating in a fresh session of political
    debates during the so-called ‘The Government Hour’. High on the agenda is the
    diminished purchasing power of the Romanians, public finances and Romania’s
    macro-economic balances.




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  • 30 years of diplomatic relations with Ukraine

    30 years of diplomatic relations with Ukraine

    February 1 marks the
    celebration of 30 years since Romania and Ukraine established diplomatic
    relations. The ex-Soviet republic proclaimed its independence in 1991, with
    formal diplomatic relations between the two countries initiated the next year. Romania
    was also the first EU member state to ratify the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in
    2014.


    In this context, but also amid
    disquieting security developments in the Black Sea region, the president of
    Romania Klaus Iohannis had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian
    counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky.


    During
    the talks, the Romanian official dwelled extensively on possible solutions to
    issues related to the rights of the Romanian minority in Ukraine, and
    especially on protecting their linguistic identity. He reiterated Bucharest’s firm
    support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to its EU and
    NATO accession efforts.


    The
    Romanian president also emphasised his support for the non-recognition of the
    illegal annexation of Crimea, and commended Ukraine’s responsible conduct to
    avoid the escalation of tensions.


    In turn,
    the Ukrainian official thanked Romania for its vocal and active support
    both at EU and at NATO level.


    The Romanian and Ukrainian
    foreign ministries also exchanged messages of congratulations. Romania’s
    foreign minister Bogdan Aurescu stressed the importance of the relation with
    Ukraine and reiterated Romania’s commitment to developing bilateral relations,
    in the spirit of European values and in line with the European and
    Euro-Atlantic agenda of the ex-Soviet republic. He also voiced hopes that the
    open and solid dialogue between the two countries, which he has constantly
    promoted and supported, will lead to quick and sustainable solutions to the
    identity issues faced by the ethnic Romanian community in Ukraine. He also highlighted
    the commitment to stepping up cross-border cooperation in areas of mutual
    interest.


    The Romanian foreign
    ministry also reiterated Romania’s support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and
    territorial integrity and for its right to decide freely on its foreign and
    security policy. At the same time, the Romanian authorities voiced confidence
    that the Ukrainian people’s democratic aspirations will be a driving force for
    the reform process in Kyiv.


    The
    situation remains tense at Ukraine’s border with Russia, where Moscow massed
    over 100,000 troops and military equipment and,
    according to analysts, is preparing an invasion. Russia denies this, but it did
    ask NATO to pull out its troops from Romania and Bulgaria, as part of its
    security plans. Moreover, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin warned
    that Ukraine’s NATO accession may trigger a war between Moscow and the
    North-Atlantic Alliance. (A.M.P.)