Klaus Iohannis

President Klaus Iohannis welcomed, on Tuesday, to the Cotroceni Palace, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, context in which he relayed the firm support of Romania for continuing the European and democratic path of Ukraine.

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President Klaus Iohannis has labeled the beheading by IS-affiliated terrorists of Egyptian Christians in Libya as an act of unspeakable cruelty and barbarity, pointing out that these atrocities show there is urgent need of a political solution to this conflict in this country, and also to show zero tolerance towards such terrorist groups.

President Klaus Iohannis strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on Saturday night and underlines Romania's support for the fight against terrorism, a press release by the Presidential Administration reads on Sunday.

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Senate Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said in a release on Saturday that after the vote given by the senators on Varujan Vosganian case, the partnership recently proposed by President Klaus Iohannis to the Parliament 'has turned into blunt criticism of the opinion expressed by a majority of the senators'.

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Senator Varujan Vosganian on Friday announced his resignation from the National Liberal Party (PNL).

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''As an comradely response to your requests, please hereby receive my resignation from the new PNL," Vosganian wrote on his blog, addressing the PNL leadership.

AGERPRES correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis met his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Thursday in Brussels, on the sidelines of the informal meeting of the European Council. They discussed bilateral relations and regional matters, official sources said.

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AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday had a brief discussion with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the beginning of the informal European Council meeting in Brussels.

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This is the first time when Iohannis participates in a meeting of the EU heads of state or government.

AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis has had on Thursday morning, in Brussels, a meeting with the European People's Party (EPP) President, Joseph Daul, on the occasion of the EPP summit and ahead of the European Council's informal reunion, the Presidential Administration informs.

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The Romanian foreign ministry has apologized once again for the "intolerable and deeply regrettable situation" caused by invitations sent out to a reception for Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on February 10 that contained insulting remarks about some of the guests.

During his first official visit abroad, to France, Romania's new President, Klaus Iohannis,  said that he was optimistic that Romania would soon be allowed to join the EU's border-free Schengen zone.

"I've asked for France to support our entering the Schengen area. I do hope that this will happen very soon," Iohannis said in Paris after meeting French President Francois Hollande.