President Train Basescu today attended the launching ceremony of a Russian-Romanian philatelic issue that marks 130 since diplomatic relationship between the two countries emerged. The event took place at the international ‘EFIRO 2008’ philatelic exhibition in
The Russian-Romanian philatelic issue illustrates Christian-Orthodox churches included in the UNESCO world heritage list – i.e. the St George church in Voronet (
During his speech at the above ceremony, President Traian Basescu said that the vent would become a landmark for starting a new relationship between the two states, further underlining that for some 130 yers the Russian-Romanian bilateral ties were ‘often complicated’.
“The recent history shows that both countries wish to focus on future rather than the on issues from the past. Talks I had with President Putin, back in 2005 and this year as well, showed the will of both parties to upgrade the Russian-Romanian co-operation into a solid, pragmatic relationship – based on mutual interest and on viable solutions as about our region (i.e. the Black Sea region),” Mr. Basescu added.
“The postage stamps, like bank notes, have a strong national spirit. The fact that authorities in boh states decide to launch a joint philatelic issue shows a co-operation popential, on one hand, and the needed openness towards co-operation, on the other hand,” Basescu further said.
“I asure you that there will be a positive trend as for Romanian-Russian ties,” President Basescu also said.
Soon, this summer, President Traian Basescu will pay an official visit to
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