BAILE TUSNAD (Romania) -- Romanian President Traian Basescu was treated to boos and hisses as he spoke during an open university event organized for his country's ethnic Hungarians.
Those gathered in the town of Baile Tusnad reacted negatively to his statement that Romania is a national, united, sovereign and independent state.
Basescu first received the boos when he said that autonomy should be equal in all parts of the country, including in the region of Transylvania, where ethnic Hungarians live.
After he quoted from the Romanian Constitution to say that the country is "a national, united, sovereign and independent state", there was another expression of disapproval.
He then proceeded to twice again repeat the same quotation, and added that he believed that dialogue was possible, but that he recognizes that those present "do not know it".
The 20th open university in the town was also attended by former Hungarian PM and opposition leader Viktor Orban, the Hungarian Parliament's Foreign Policy Commission chairman, and other Hungarian officials and citizens.
Source: BETA
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