Draft law allowing Romania – Moldova Republic co-operation deal adopted
Romanian MPs adopted a draft law concerning a military co-operation deal between Romania and the Republic of Moldova on Tuesday. Romanian parliament’s lower house adopted a deal allowing the countries to persue Moldova’s involvement in multinational missions and operations under UN, OSCE, NATO or EU auspices. The legislative project regarding the co-operation agreement between Romania and the Republic of Moldova in the military field was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, Radio Romania reports. “Romania’’s liberals are fully supporting Moldova’s path to European integration”, according to MP Daniel Gheorghe. However, the country should make a strategic choice while giving up its neutrality as a captive of the ex-Soviet space – one of Moscow’s pressure reasons. The agreement comes at a time when Moldova is trying hard to involve its soldiers in Bosnia-Hertzegovina, EUFOR, and Althea missions as part of the Romanian contingent. The draft will be sent to Romania’s upper house for final vote.
Statement of Romania’s head of DSU
In a statement on Tuesday, the head of Romania’s Department for Emergencies (DSU), Raed Arafat, said that Ro-Alert messages were out of question until a system was developed to allow people taking an appropriate refuge in safe places. The DSU chief’s announcement comes after reports on Monday concerning an earthquake of 5.4 magnitude on the Richter scale. The incident occurred in the Vrancea region of Romania’s Buzău eatern county. However, it was felt also in the capital Bucharest with no damages or casualties reported.
Romanian parliament’s fire still under investigation
A fire in Romania’s parliament building was reported in the visitors’ Izvor area on Tuesaday. Some 300 people were evacuated at the time of the incident, Radio Romania reports. Ongoing checks are launched in an attempt to find the person involved who was not immediately known. “I’ve tried hard to extinguish the fire in the Parliament Palace”, Ștefan Eduard from Bucharest’s DSU told Radio Romania on Tuesday. The fire occurred in a room for visitors, and a number of textile and other items were set on fire with no people enjured.
Alexandru Danga
