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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-06-16
June 16, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] PNTCD President Ion Diaconescu Agrees with Extension of Parliamentary
Session after July 1;
[02] Deputy Adrian Vilau Admits He Worked with Former Securitate;
[03] Senator Corneliu Vadim Tudor's Reaction to Reports in "Ziua" of His
Alleged Cooperation with Former Securitate Services;
[04] King Michael's Visit to Galatzi County;
[05] PNTCD Leader Believes UDMR Demand Is Reasonable;
[06] The Door of the Alliance Remains Open to Romania, NATO Deputy
Secretary General Insisted;
[07] 50 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Romania and Israel;
[08] Romanian-American Working Group Meeting;
[09] An International Penal Court;
[10] SRR Delegation on a Visit to Macedonia.
[01] PNTCD President Ion Diaconescu agrees with extension of parliamentary
session after July 1
The President of the ruling Christian Democrat National Peasant Party
(PNTCD) and Speaker of the Romanian House of Deputies, Ion Diaconescu says
the parliamentary session may be extended after July 1. The PNTCD leader
told a press conference on Monday that the Parliament should designate the
members in the Administration Council of the National Bank of Romania (BNR),
and the members in the Administration Council of the Romanian Television
(TVR) by the end of this months. The structure of the Constitutional Court
should be also decided by the end of the month, Mr Diaconescu said. The
PNTCD leader stopped however short of making any comments about recent
statements of an alleged electoral agreement between the ruling Democratic
Party (PD) and the opposition Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR)
during the elections for the City Hall in Bucharest. Rador
[02] Deputy Adrian Vilau admits he worked with former Securitate
PD Deputy Adrian Vilau has admitted he was an informer of the former
Securitate services (ed.n. Romanian former communist political police) for
some time, but he insisted that, despite the PD's decision to withdraw its
political support, he did not intend to quit the job of chief commisioner
for the control of Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) in the House of
Deputies. "I confirm that the document in the press was real. I have signed
such a declaration in 1984 while still a student in my first year", Mr
Vilau declared. When asked how many reports did he sign, he replied: "I
wrote three reports and I would be pleased if they were also to be
published by the press. I wrote three reports of three of my colleagues who
were about to travel abroad". Rador
[03] Senator Corneliu Vadim Tudor's reaction to reports in "Ziua" of his
alleged cooperation with former Securitate services
"I was previously warned that people at the Cotroceni Palace (ed.n.
Romanian presidential residence) were trying to imagine the most amazing
fantasies about me in their attempt to keep my mouth shut. Everything is an
obvious fake. I have actually asked Professor Mircea Ghiordunescu, I have
even discussed with him the other night, I have also officially sumbitted
my written demand urging the SRI (ed.n. Romanian Intelligence Service) to
express its position about all these things, and I hope it would be these
diversionists who would be condemned, and not me. General Ion Coman and
General Iulian Vlad and General Aron Bordea have repeatedly confirmed,
speaking or writing, that Vadim Tudor never was an informer of the
Securitate". These are excerpts from the statement Senator Vadim Tudor, a
far right hardliner and the leader of the Greater Romania Party (PRM).
Rador
[04] King Michael's visit to Galatzi county
The former sovereign of Romania, King Michael I and his wife, Queen Ana,
have started a visit to the county of Galatzi on Monday. They met students
and teachers at the "Lower Danube" University and then attended a religious
service at the Episcopate's Cathedral. Doctor Cassian, the Bishop of Lower
Danube, performed the religious ceremony celebrating the Golden Wed of the
Royal Family. King Michael then met local officials at the county's
Prefecture. RADOR
[05] PNTCD leader believes UDMR demand is reasonable
PNTCD leader Ion Diaconescu said the setting up of a Hungarian language
teaching university in Cluj did not violate the higher education autonomy.
At a press conference on Monday, Mr Diaconescu informed that some of the
demands made by the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania (UDMR)
had been answered at a meeting last week. Mr Diaconescu said the UDMR
demand of a Hungarian language teaching university was reasonable. He has
also announced that, following discussions, a commission was to be set up
in order to examine ways and opportunities for a future Hungarian
university in Romania. Rador
[06] The door of the Alliance remains open to Romania, NATO deputy
secretary general insisted
While in Bucharest on Monday, NATO Deputy Secretary General Klaus Peter
Kleiber met Romanian Prime Minister Radu Vasile. The guest has reiterated
Romania's importance as political and strategic partner of the Alliance
bringing an acJive contribution to the joint efforts to ensure peace and
stability in Europe. Mr Kleiber poited out that NATO's decision on Romania
may depend on the progress of reform, an appropriate legal framework and
consolidated market economy in the country. In his turn, the Romanian
minister said the country was committed to the reform and expressed the
hope that Romania would be invited to start accession negotiations on the
occasion of the NATO summit in Washington next year. Klaus Peter Keliber
met Romanian Foreign Minister Andrei Plesu the same day. He insisted that
the door of the Alliance remained open to new members. Mr Plesu informed
that the talks focused on possible strategies in the very next future to
consolidate Romania's NATO integration policy. Rador
[07] 50 years of diplomatic relations between Romania and Israel
50 years ago, on June 11, Romania and the State of Israel have decided to
establish diplomatic relations. On the occasion of the 50-th anniversary,
Romanian PresideJt Emil Constantinescu sent a message to his Israeli
counterpart Ezer Waizman recalling that Romania was one of the first
countries in the world to recognise the State of Israel almost immediately
after its declaration of indpendence in 1948. The Romanian president
pointed out that the diplomatic relations between the two countries never
broke up since then. In his message to the Romanian president, Mr Waizman
has praised the friendship and goodwill Romania has proved to Israel, and
expressed his support for closer relations between the two countries. At a
meeting under the auspices of the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE), the
Israeli Ambassador to Bucharest, His Excellency Abraham Milo, said that,
according to the Jewish philosophy, the age of 50 was the age of
councellors, and one could say that relations between the two people
reached their maturity. Rador
[08] Romanian-American working group meeting
A meeting of the Romanian-American working group opened on Monday in
Bucharest. Topics on the agenda include aspects within the military in the
Romanian-US Strategic Partnership, major projects of reform, restructuring
and modernisation of the Romanian army, recent developments in the "Warsaw
Initiative of American Assistance for Armies in Central and Eastern
Europe". Secretary of State Constantin Dudu Ionescu, on the behalf of the
Romanian National Defence Ministry (MApN), and Franklin Kramer, defence
policy assistant to the US defence secretary, are coordinating the
proceedings. Rador
[09] An international penal court
Ahead of a Romanian delegation, MAE Secretary of State Elena Zamfirescu is
attending the UN Conference aimed at setting up an international penal
court. Opening in Rome on Monday, the meeting is expected to complete the
draft statute of the new permanent institution entitled to decide legal
matters concerning crime against humanity, genocide and war crimes. Pope
John Paul II said on Sunday that the Vatican would bring an active
contribution to the proceedings in Rome. Rador
[10] SRR delegation on a visit to Macedonia
A Romanian Broadcasting Corporation (SRR) delegation led by SRR President
and Director General Tudor Catineanu left for Macedonia on Monday following
an invitation by Macedonian Radio. The visit is aimed at developing closer
relations between the two institutions as stipulated in the bilateral
cooperation Agreement signed in Bucharest recently. Rador
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