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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-02-23
February 23, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] Interior Minister Dejeu has ended his tour in Northern Romania
[02] PD Coordination Council proceedings in Arges county
[03] Romanian Army Chief of Staff on a visit to Washington
[04] Welcome ceremony for Romanian soldiers coming back from Angola
[05] President Constantinescu on the status of the SIDEX iron and steel
plant
[06] Farmers in Dolj region will receive agriculture trading stamps
[01] Interior Minister Dejeu has ended his tour in Northern Romania
The town of Oradea was the last stage of the tour the Interior Minister
Gavril Dejeu has started four days ago in five northern Romanian counties
including Bistrita-Nasaud, Maramures, Satu Mare, Salaj and Bihor. After
talks with town officials and cult representatives, minister Dejeu
appreciated that "unlike the situation in the counties of Satu Mare and
Maramures, there are no major interconfessional differences in the county
of Bihor". Mr Dejeu admitted that, in some areas, there were "sources of
unrest" on land legislation issues but he stopped short of mentioning them.
On the other hand, he warned: "The reform is already started and it should
be completed. If not, Romania will face further losses". RADOR, February
23
[02] PD Coordination Council proceedings in Arges county
The Coordination Council proceedings of the Arges branch of the Democratic
Party (PD) were organised in the Arges capital of Pitesti on Saturday in
the presence of PD leader Petre Roman. The agenda included the PD Arges
Permanent Bureau report and elections for a new Coordination Council. Mr
Ion Carstoiu was elected as president of the PD Coordination Council in the
Arges county. Mr Petre Roman has presented the PD main strategy in the very
next future and the PD position on the main problems Romania was now
facing. RADOR, February 23
[03] Romanian Army Chief of Staff on a visit to Washington
The Chief of Staff of the Romanian Army, division general Constantin
Degeratu has left Romania on Sunday for a visit to Washington aimed at
extending the military cooperation between the two countries and
implementing its main objectives as stipulated in their strategic
partnership. General Degeratu will meet the US Joint Chief of Staff general
Shelton and his first deputy general Joseph Ralstone who has visited
Romania last year along with US State Department officials and
representatives of the Defence National University. Among other things, the
Romanian official will visit US fighter plane and helicopter manufacturers
and some US Air bases. RADOR, February 23
[04] Welcome ceremony for Romanian soldiers coming back from Angola
The welcome ceremony for the second group of Romanian soldiers coming back
from Amgola was hosted by the "Calugareni" infantery batallion 2
headquarters in Bucharest. After eight and a half months of peace-keeping
operations, the 61-soldier team was replaced by the 150-soldier "Bistrita"
batallion 812. Lt col Gheorghe Dorofte, the commander of the Romanian task
force in Angola, has informed that the arriving soldiers have ensured the
defence of the UN and private proprieties as well as the free movement of
UNITA and other Angolan Government officials. "The troops proved to be
really professional, disciplined and dedicated", Mr Dorofte said. RADOR,
February 23
[05] President Constantinescu on the status of the SIDEX iron and steel
plant
The President's two day visit ended on Sunday afternoon with some meetings
at the SIDEX iron and steel plant. "We began seeing the results of the
efforts of the managers of SIDEX" - President Constantinescu said. "I've
seen three variants of the restructuring programme. I thing there is a
valid restructuring plan" Mr. Constantinescu said referring to this
strategic objective. The Supreme Defence Council decided to consider
separately these economic objectives that were important for Romania's
national security and to pay special attention to them" - the head of the
state said. He added: "The plant now has output, it has a market and a
programme aimed at improving the output but it is still carries its debts
to the state budget and to some autonomous state owned companyes". In his
opinion, "the way the managing team tackled this problem (upgrading - e.n.)
in cooperation with the State Property Fund (SOF) and with the competence
ministries has shown that restructuring can mean more than a fashionable
word but a real and serious process. RADOR, February 23
[06] Farmers in Dolj region will receive agriculture trading stamps
The Post Service in the city of Craiova received over 1 million agriculture
trading stamps and the distribution is due to start today. The farmers in
the Dolj region have waited these stamps for a long time but the
distribution was delayed many times. The Post Service has 1,100 employees
and 300 offices ready for a quick distribution as farmers need these stamps
for the spring works. Dolj is one of the greatest agriculture regions in
Romania. RADOR, February 23
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