The President of Romania to convene the CSAT meeting on the security situation in Afghanistan
The President of Romania Klaus Iohannis convened for Wednesday a meeting of the Supreme Council of National Defense, at the Cotroceni Palace. The meeting agenda includes the security situation in Afghanistan and its implications for Romania. The Taliban have made promises that people who want to leave Afghanistan will not be in danger and will be allowed to leave. However, Afghans who have worked for Westerners have serious reasons to fear retaliation. Romania, along with other countries, is making efforts to help those afghans, given that access to Kabul airport is difficult. The Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu explained on Monday that it is about the personnel that collaborated with the Romanian troops and about the Afghan students who received scholarships in Romania. Each European state is assessing the number of refugees from Afghanistan they could received on humanitarian basis.
The Romanian Prime Minister participates in Kiev at the launch summit of the Crimea International Platform
Romanian Prime Minister Florin Cîțu and Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu are attending the launch summit of the Crimea International Platform in Kiev on Monday. During the event, the Prime Minister of Romania will also meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, Denys Shmyhal. The International Crimea Platform is a recent initiative by Ukraine aimed at strengthening the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and facilitating its return to Ukraine. The event in Kiev will be attended by heads of state and government, ministers of foreign affairs and defense, as well as representatives of the European Union and other international organizations.
The Social Democrats in Romania plan to file a motion against the government
The president of the PSD (Social Democratic Party) opposition party, Marcel Ciolacu, said that the Social Democrats plan to submit a no-confidence motion against the government at the beginning of the parliamentary session, after the congresses of PNL (National Liberal Party) and USR PLUS (Save Romania Union and Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party). In other words, the Social Democrat leader explained that the no-confidence motion will be filed when it has the best chance of passing. It would be the second motion of censure filed by the opposition against the Cîţu Government. The first no-confidence motion was rejected by Parliament in June./mbaciu
RADOR – Magda Baciu
