From: msirbu@next5.cs.umr.edu (Mihai Sirbu)
Subject: Moldova/Romania News from RFE/RL, 18 dec 1992
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:41:13 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri-Rolla, Missouri's Technological University

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RFE/RL Daily Report                   No. 243, 18 December 1992

ROMANIAN, YUGOSLAV TRANSPORT MINISTERS MEET.  Paul Teodoru of
Romania and Milan Vujicic of rump Yugoslavia held talks in
Bucharest on 17 December. Rompres quoted Teodoru as saying that
Romania is determined to observe strictly the trade embargo
imposed by the UN Security Council on Serbia and Montenegro. He
put the number of Yugoslav ships detained so far in Romanian ports
at six, and added that Romania is waiting for the UN Sanctions
Committee to take a decision on them before the Danube freezes.
Vujicic said that Belgrade is allowing Romanian ships to travel on
the Yugoslav stretch of the Danube but suggested that local
authorities occasionally operate outside central control.  Serbian
custom officers detained a Romanian tugboat and six barges between
28 November and 8 December.  (Dan Ionescu, RFE/RL, Inc.)

COMMEMORATION OF 1989 ROMANIAN UPRISING CONTINUES.  Radio
Bucharest reported that 17 December has been declared a day of
mourning throughout Timis County. Nearly one hundred people were
killed at Timisoara on 17 December 1989 in an anti-communist
uprising that erupted a day earlier. In Bucharest both the
National Salvation Front and the Democratic National Salvation
Front commemorated the "Days of the Romanian Revolution." Adrian
Severin, a leading NSF figure, was quoted as saying that "we are
now witnessing the end of the revolution and the beginning of a
menacing restoration." DNSF representatives, on the other hand,
painted an optimistic picture of Romania's future at a symposium
dedicated to the same event. The DNSF, which broke away from the
NSF in April 1992, is generally seen as a haven for former
communists loyal to President Ion Iliescu.  It emerged as the
strongest political force in Romania from general elections in
September.  (Dan Ionescu, RFE/RL, Inc.)

ROMANIA MARKS 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOINING IMF, IBRD. Radio
Bucharest reported on 15 and 16 December on a series of events in
Washington to mark the 20th anniversary of Romania's joining the
International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development. On 15 December former Prime
Minister Theodor Stolojan presided over a seminar on Romania's
transition to a market economy, and a second seminar, on prospects
of economic reforms in Romania, was held on 16 December. Both
gatherings were attended by a high-ranking Romanian delegation,
including Finance Minister Florin Georgescu and National Bank
Governor Mugur Isarescu. Romania officially joined the IMF and the
IBRD under Nicolae Ceausescu, on 16 December 1992. (Dan Ionescu,
RFE/RL, Inc.)

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