President Iohannis to participate in French-German cooperation and integration treaty signing ceremony in Aachen on Tuesday

President Klaus Iohannis will participate in Aachen, Germany, on Tuesday, in the signing ceremony of the French-German cooperation and integration treaty, at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

According to the Presidential Administration, the treaty signing ceremony by the French President and German Chancellor will take place in the Crowning Hall of the Aachen City Hall, and on this occasion President Klaus Iohannis, who represents Romania as Presidency at the Council of the European Union, will deliver a speech. Also attending the ceremony will be European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

The bilateral treaty of Aachen has as political and legal grounds the French-German Treaty of Elysee, of 1963, which set the foundation of the historic reconciliation between France and Germany, and will aim at adapting the relations between the two states to the 21st century challenges, focusing on enhancing the cohesion of the action of the two states on a European level. AGERPRES (RO - author: Florentina Peia, editor: Mihai Simionescu; EN - author: Adina Panaitescu, editor: Rodica State)