VISIT King Abdullah ll of Jordan has cancelled his three-day visit to
\nRomania, which was supposed to start on Monday after Romanian Prime Minister
\nViorica Dancila announced Bucharest’s intention to move its embassy from Tel
\nAviv to Jerusalem. The head of the Romanian state Klaus Iohannis has said the
\nmove will take place only after the completion of a study, which is presently
\nunderway and hasn’t been submitted to the Romanian presidency yet. A final
\ndecision on this matter belongs to the Romanian president, who, under the
\nConstitution, is entitled to any foreign policy decision, being also Romania’s
\nrepresentative at international level, says a communiqu\u00e9 issued by the Romanian
\npresidency. The EU is keeping its position concerning Jerusalem, adding that the
\nonly realistic solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine involves
\nthe existence of two states with the same capital. European officials on Monday
\nsaid the community executive had been notified about the Romanian Prime
\nMinister’s statement over the intention to move the country’s embassy to
\nJerusalem as well as the statement of the Romanian president who said the final
\ndecision on the issue belonged to him. In October 2018, the Romanian Foreign
\nMinistry submitted to the government a study over the effects of moving the
\ncountry’s embassy to Jerusalem. The idea was first launched by the strongman of
\nthe ruling coalition in Bucharest, Social-Democrat Liviu Dragnea in late 2017. In
\nresponse, the Palestinian Authority has provisionally recalled its ambassador
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COMMISSIONER The European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis
\nAndriukaitis will be paying a formal visit to Bucharest over March 26th
\nand 27th, the European Commission’s Representation in Bucharest has announced.
\nOn Tuesday Andriukaitis will be delivering a speech on Tobacco control,
\nsustainable development and the right to health and will be attending a round
\nof Q & A discussions. The European Official will be received by Romanian
\npresident Klaus Iohannis, Agriculture Minister Petre Daea and the Minister of
\nHealthcare Sorina Pintea. On Wednesday, the European official is to attend the
\nopening of the fourth annual conference on tobacco control staged by the
\nEuropean Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention jointly with the Romanian
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POPE
\nThe apostolic visit to Romania by Pope Francis will be taking place over May 31st
\nand June 2nd during which he will be visiting Bucharest, Sumuleu
\nCiuc in the centre of Romania, Iasi in the north-east and Blaj also in central
\nRomania, the presidential administration announced on Monday. According to the
\nsame sources, the Pontiff and Romanian president Klaus Iohannis will be having
\ntalks on May 31st, followed by a meeting with the authorities, civil
\nsociety and the diplomatic corps. The Pope is also to see the head of the
\nRomanian Orthodox Church, patriarch Daniel in Bucharest. The Pope’s visit comes
\nupon the invitation of the Romanian president Klaus Iohannis. This is the
\nsecond visit paid to Romania, a country with an Orthodox majority, by a
\nPontiff, after that of Pope John Paul II in 1999. <\/p>\n
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