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, 18.10.2023, 13:55

GOVERNMENT The first joint meeting of the Romanian and Ukrainian governments takes place in Kyiv today. The agenda includes the development of
infrastructure in the border region, economic cooperation and regional security.
The main topic is a mechanism allowing Ukraine to export grains to Romania. First
of all, the grain quality must be similar to that of grains in Romania and the
EU, and secondly, only the Romanian farmers who prove they no longer have grain
stocks will be authorised to import from Ukraine. Another topic is the ethnic
minorities in Ukraine, with Bucharest requesting that their rights be the same
as the rights enjoyed by minorities in Romania. The Romanian government
believes Ukraine should no longer recognise the Moldovan language, arguing that
in fact it does not exist. Marcel Ciolacu is accompanied by the minister of
defence, Angel Tâlvăr, the minister of public health, Alexandru Rafila, the
economy minister, Radu Oprea, the agriculture minister, Florin Barbu and the
secretary of state with the interior ministry, Raed Arafat. The Romanian PM
will have talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal, and with the
chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk. Marcel Ciolacu is also
scheduled to meet the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was in
Bucharest last week.


BUDGET The Constitutional Court dismissed the
notification filed by Save Romania Union and the Force of the Right in
opposition in Romania with respect to the bill on fiscal and
budget-related measures for which the Government has undertaken responsibility
before Parliament. The Constitutional Court president, Marian Enache, said the
Cabinet’s responsibility concerned a sole and unified purpose, namely to
increase revenues to the public budget and to cut down on expenditure, and that
the responsibility procedure was in line with the requirements of the
Constitutional Court and its case law. Marian Enache also says the Court’s
decision was made on a majority of votes. After the decision of the
Constitutional Court, the bill may be signed into law by the president of
Romania, Klaus Iohannis.


GAZA
The Romanian foreign ministry voices shock and deep sadness at the news of the
blast and loss of innocent lives on Tuesday night at
the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza. In a message issued on Wednesday, the
ministry emphasises that all civilians and civilian infrastructure must be
protected at all times, and that responsibility must be
clearly identified. Hundreds of people were killed or wounded
in a missile strike on the hospital in Gaza, for which Israel and the
Palestinians blame each other. The Israeli army denies that its forces were
responsible for the attack, and blames the incident on a failed launch of a
missile from Gaza by the Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian armed group, which
in turn denies the allegations. The attack was condemned by the international
community, with several Arab leaders accusing Israel of war crimes. The US leader Joe Biden, who is on a solidarity
visit to Israel today, has voiced regret and anger at the event. Jordan has
cancelled a summit in which Joe Biden was to discuss the war with King Abdullah II, with
Mahmoud Abbas and the president of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. On the other hand, the UN secretary general
Antonio Guterres will be in Cairo on Thursday, for talks with Abdel Fattah al-focusing
on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. The talks take place as Egypt calls on Israel to allow aid
shipments to that territory. On Tuesday,
the US authorised its non-essential embassy staff to leave Beirut, as security
worsens in Lebanon as well, in the context of the war between Israel and Hamas.


ALERT Belgium,
France, Italy and Spain have raised their terrorist alert levels to a maximum, following
attacks in western Europe over the past few days. On Monday 2 Swedish nationals
were killed in Brussels by a Tunisian illegal migrant, later on identified and
shot by the Belgian police. The Islamic State group
claimed the attack and said it targeted Sweden because of its affiliation to
the global coalition against Jihad movements. On Tuesday, Versailles palace
in Paris was evacuated and stayed closed for the day after a new bomb alert,
just as it happened with the Louvre Museum on Saturday. The president of France
Emmanuel Macron said Islamic terrorism is rising once again and that all
European countries are vulnerable to this threat. Over 100 people have been
arrested over the past week in France under anti-Semitism charges and for
terrorism support. On Tuesday, EU leaders, including the president of Romania
Klaus Iohannis, discussed the conflict between Israel and Hamas which killed more
than 4,000 people in the last 10 days, and agreed to do whatever they can to
avoid a regional escalation of the conflict. (AMP)

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