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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-09-23
September 23, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] Talks Between President Constantinescu and Leaders of MP Groups
Representing Governing Coalition Parties;
[02] PUNR-ApR Joint Initiative;
[03] Ion Iliescu Claims the Ruling Parties Surrender to UDMR Blackmail;
[04] Ticu Dumitrescu Bill Again under PNTCD Focus;
[05] Kazakhstani President Left Romania;
[06] Romanian Senatorial Delegation on a Visit to China;
[07] Armenian MP Delegation on a Visit to Bucharest;
[08] Andrei Plesu Presiding the Ministerial Meeting of New or Restored
Democracies.
[09] New Session of International Seminar on "Romanian Language - Means of
Radio Communication and Information".
[10] Neculai Constantin Munteanu, Designated as Candidate for Romanian
Television's Presidency.
[01] Talks between President Constantinescu and leaders of MP groups
representing governing coalition parties
At the Cotroceni Palace on Tuesday, Romanian President Emil Constantinescu
had a series of meetings with leaders of MP groups representing the
Democratic Party (PD) and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in
Romania (UDMR) as parties in the governing coalition. A communique issued
by the Romanian Presidency said President Constantinescu was expected to
meet the leaders of the Social Democrat Union (USD) - a coalition including
the PD along with the Romanian Social Democrat Party (PSDR) - but PSDR
leader Sergiu Cunescu told the RRA he did not receive any invitation to the
meeting. The RRA reported however that invitations were sent to the USD.
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[02] PUNR-ApR joint initiative
The MP groups representing the Romanians' National Unity Party (PUNR) and
the Alliance for Romania Party (ApR) have announced on Tuesday the joint
initiative of collecting signatures requesting President Constantinescu to
present the Parliament with a report of the country's economic and social
situation. The deputies of both the PUNR and ApR have warned they would
launch procedures to suspend the president unless he was to answer the
call. Both parties have however admitted that, for the time being, their
initiative did not get the support of other opposition parties. RADOR
[03] Ion Iliescu claims the ruling parties surrender to UDMR blackmail
At a press conference on Tuesday, the president of the Party of Social
Democracy in Romania (PDSR), Ion Iliescu, said the ruling parties and
President Constantinescu surrendered to the UDMR blackmail and they were
using any subterfuge to find a legal motivation to the UDMR demand of a
Hungarian language teaching state university. The main opposition party
leader has mentioned the internal and external pressure in support of the
double citizenship for Hungarians living in Romania and the authonomy and
self-ruling on ethnic criteria as threats to Romania's integrity. He called
on those resposible to carefully examine the situation and give a firm
response to such anticonstitutional attitudes. RADOR
[04] Ticu Dumitrescu Bill again under PNTCD focus
The MP group representing the ruling Christian Democrat National Peasant
Party (PNTCD) in Romania's House of Deputies hold talks on Tuesday with
their party colleagues in the commissions for defence and legal affairs.
Discussions focused on issues concerning the Ticu Dumitrescu's legal
initiative allowing access to former Securitate files. Vicepresident Sorin
Lepsa was the only PNTCD representative attending the meeting. He said the
PNTCD MP group in the House of Deputies expressed its full support of the
law to be adopted as soon as possible. Mr Lepsa said he would ask the
Permanent Bureau to allow the two commissions hold talks over the project
twice a week. RADOR
[05] Kazakhstani president left Romania
On Tuesday, the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest hosted the farewell cermony
of the official visit the Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev paid
to Romania. He met his Romanian counterpart Emil Constantinescu on Monday
and signed a series of bilateral agreements. RADOR
[06] Romanian senatorial delegation on a visit to China
A Romanian senatorial delegation led by Senate speaker Petre Roman has left
for China on Tuesday following an invitation by Lee Huan, the president of
China's Political Consulting Conference. The six-member delegation
representing different political parties is to meet Chinese high-ranking
officials as well as counterparts in the Chinese Parliament. The agenda
also includes a visit to the Special Economic Region of Shengxen. RADOR
[07] Armenian MP delegation on a visit to Bucharest
Romanian commissioners for foreign affairs in the Romanian Parliament had
talks on Tuesday with a delegation of Armenia's National Assembly led by
president Khosrov Kharoutiunyan. According to PNTCD senator George Achim,
the Romanian officials have expressed their interest in the areas around
the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in Romania's attempt to become part of
the Caucasian oil transport route. The Armenian MPs believe an improving
cooperation in oil affairs is very important as they would like an oil pipe
to connect Iran, Armenia and Georgia to a terminal in the Romanian port of
Constantza. The Romanian and Armenian officials have praised the good
relations between the two countries and the Armenian community's
contribution to Romania's culture and spirituality . RADOR
[08] Andrei Plesu presiding the ministerial meeting of new or restored
democracies
The ministerial meeting of new or restored democracies has been taking
place at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday under the presidency of
Romanian Foreign Minister Andrei Plesu. In a statement to the RRA, the
minister said the meeting was designed to evaluate the progress made by the
new or restored democracies in their attempt to answer recommendations in
the final document ratified at the conference in Bucharest. Mr Plesu said
that following a Romanian proposal, a map of democratic behaviour could be
drawn up in the very next future. While attending the UN session, he said
he had talks with his brasilian counterpart, the US Deputy Secretary of
State Strobe Talbott and he was to meet his Yugoslav counterpart on
Wednesday. Mr Plesu is also planning to meet the foreign ministers of
Hungary, France and Albania. RADOR
[09] New session of international seminar on "Romanian Language - Means of
Radio Communication and Information"
The Radio House in Bucharest hosted a new session of the seventh edition of
the international seminar on "Romanian Language - Means of Radio
Communication and Information" organised by the Romanian Broadcasting
Corporation (SRR). The session on Tuesday included talks over the record of
the European and Euro-Atlantic integration efforts. Participants included
the US Ambassador to Romania James Rosapepe, Austrian Ambassador to Romania
Karl Vetter von der Lilie, Constantin Dudu Ionescu, State Secretary with
Romania's National Defence Ministry (MApN), MApN councellor Gen. Cornel
Codita, Mihnea Motoc, Director General with Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE)
Ion Ratiu, Vicepresident of the Foreign Policy Commission in Romania's
House of Deputies and representatives of political parties along with
outstanding personalities in Romania's public life. RADOR
[10] Neculai Constantin Munteanu, designated as candidate for Romanian
Television's presidency
The Press Office of the Romanian Television (TVR) has announced that
Neculai Constantin Munteanu was designated as the TVR Administration
Council's candidate for the position of president-director general of the
TVR. Quoting the same sources, the RRA reports that the decision was made
following a secret round voting at the extraordinary meeting on Tuesday of
the TVR Administration Council. All the 13 councillors have attended the
meeting. The final result of the voting: 7 votes for Neculai Constantin
Munteanu and 6 votes for Lucia Hossu-Longin. RADOR
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