Newsflash 2 July 2013
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România Internațional, 02.07.2013, 14:17
The Romanian Foreign Ministry has firmly condemned the car bomb attack reported in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday morning, in which one Romanian citizen was killed and another one wounded. Such deplorable acts of violence have no justification and must be fought against using all possible means, the Romanian Ministry stated, also saying that Romania, as an EU and NATO member, remains committed to supported the Afghan government in its efforts to eradicate all forms of terrorism and to render the country stable. At least 7 people were killed in the Taliban attack targeting a foreign transport company that works with ISAF, the NATO force in Afghanistan. The two Romanian were civilian employees of the company.
Romania wants to strike a strategic partnership with China, meant to assure better cooperation at political, economic, cultural and educational level. The statement was made by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, at the end of the talks he had in Beijing, with Chinese president Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Victor Ponta also expressed Romania’s readiness to become China’s best cooperation partner in Europe. In turn, the Chinese president expressed his country’s willingness to work together with Romania in order to expand exchanges and boost cooperation in all fields of activity. China was the last leg of Victor Ponta’s Asian tour, which also took him to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was meant to attract investments.
Romania’s President, Traian Băsescu, will attend round table talks in Berlin on Wednesday, devoted to the promotion of job occupancy among young people in Europe. Attending the meeting is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy. President Traian Basescu said last week that Romania will receive 400 million Euros in the 2014-2015 period, of the 8 billion Euro program designed by the European Council to fight unemployment among young people. There are over 26 million jobless people in Europe, 5.6 million of them being under 25 years old.
On Monday, the Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, Javad Mottaghi, visited Radio Romania. During the talks he had with the Chairman and CEO of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation and other members of the board, Mr. Mottaghi hailed Radio Romania’s recent affiliation to this organization and stressed the basic principles of the Union, focusing on cultural diversity and the role of radio as an essential means of communication, capable of overcoming any differences. Mr. Javad Mottaghi also expressed the Union’s interest in the Radio Romania products and Radio Romania’s high potential for developing joint projects with the countries in the Asia Pacific area. Mr. Ovidiu Miculescu, Chairman and CEO of Radio Romania, also stressed the importance of this partnership for the public radio in Romania, which thus aims at taking a step forward towards overcoming distances and getting to know the cultural specific features of the countries members of the Union. Through the Asia-Pacific online platform, to which it has access as a full member, Radio Romania will capitalize on the opportunity to exchange programs with other member stations.
Romanian foreign minister, Titus Corlatean will pay visits to Macedonia and Montenegro, from Wednesday to Friday. A series of documents meant to modernize the bilateral legal framework with the two countries will be signed on this occasion. Titus Corlatean will have talks with the presidents of the two countries and with high officials.
