From: msirbu@next5.cs.umr.edu (Mihai Sirbu)
Subject: Moldova/Romania News from RFE/RL, 11/05/92
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 01:14:58 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri-Rolla, Missouri's Technological University

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RFE/RL Daily Report              No. 214, 5 November 1992

OTHER EAST EUROPEAN REACTIONS.  Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus
sent a telegram expressing his conviction that the traditionally
close ties between the US and the Czech Republic would continue
under the new administration, adding that they constituted the
cornerstone of Czech foreign policy.  Slovak Premier Vladimir
Meciar called Clinton's victory a logical reaction to world
developments and said that the change of administration would have
little impact on the region. Hungarian Prime Minister Jozsef
Antall said that outgoing President George Bush had played an
important role for the countries of Eastern Europe, enabling the
development of close ties between Hungary and the US.
Congratulating Clinton, Antall assured him that Hungary would
remain a partner for the US in settling conflicts and in creating
democracy. Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev told Trud daily he
welcomed Clinton's election as a sign that "a new generation would
enter American politics." At the same time, Zhelev said he had
always been sympathetic to George Bush, who had developed a fine
relationship with Bulgaria.  Romanian President Ion Iliescu
expressed the hope that Romania and the US would cooperate closely
during the forthcoming "period of change." (RFE/RL ARD Staff.)

NEW ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER APPOINTED. On 4 November Romania's
President Ion Iliescu named Nicolae Vacaroiu, a 49-year-old
economic expert, as prime minister.  Vacaroiu's designation came
as a surprise, since he was not among the personalities earlier
tipped for this position.  In announcing the appointment, Iliescu
praised Vacaroiu as a man of "high professional integrity, honesty
and correctness," favoring dialogue and reform.  Radio Bucharest
quoted Vacaroiu as saying that he had been among those involved in
working out the blueprint for the transition to a market economy.
He also pledged to continue reforms and the democratic process in
Romania.  During Nicolae Ceausescu's era, Vacaroiu was a director
in the State Planning Committee which oversaw the communist
command economy. He currently heads a tax department in the
Economy Ministry. (Dan Ionescu, RFE/RL, Inc.)

MIXED REACTION TO PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE.  Rompres carried on 4
November comments from party leaders on Vacaroiu's appointment as
prime minister. One of the leading figures of the opposition,
Corneliu Coposu, President of the National Peasant
Party--Christian Democratic, said that he had never seen Vacaroiu
and expressed dismay over Iliescu's decision to appoint a
non-political figure to head the next cabinet.  Similar views were
expressed by the leaders of the Liberal Party-Young Wing and the
Party of Romanian National Unity.  On the other hand, Petre Roman,
former prime minister and leader of the National Salvation Front,
said he was pleased with Vacaroiu's statement on reform "in
principle." (Dan Ionescu, RFE/RL, Inc.)

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