Titus Corlatean

A large-scale event dedicated to the Centennial of the Great Union - the meeting "Romania 100 - Diplomacy, Education and Mission" - is organized on Friday in Alba Iulia by "1st December 1918" University in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In Chisinau on Friday, Romanian Senator Titus Corlatean, chairman of the Select Committee on Coordination of Parliamentary Activities for Preparing the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council in the First Half of 2019, unveiled the actions of Romania in support of the European and Euro-Atlantic projects of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, underlining the legitimacy of the European aspirations of the

The Dutch embassy in Romania has stressed its support for the fight against corruption in the country, a day after two ruling coalition politicians accused one of its former ambassadors of lobbying for the appointment of Laura Codruta Kovesi as chief prosecutor of the powerful National Anticorruption Directorate in 2012.

Chairman of the Romanian Parliament's Special Joint Committee on Accession to the Schengen Area Senator Titus Corlatean has welcomed Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavasoglu, as part of the Turkish official's visit to Romania at the invitation of his Romanian counterpart.

Social Democratic Party (PSD) Senator Titus Corlatean on Friday, at the invitation of the Chairmanship in office of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, will participate in the high level conference organised in Brussels on the topic "Tolerance trumps hate," informs a press release remitted to AGERPRES on Thursday.

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The former foreign ministers of Romania gathered on Friday, on the initiative of the incumbent head of diplomacy Bogdan Aurescu, in the first Consultative Council of the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE), to discuss the country's foreign policy priorities in its relation with the eastern neighbourhood, MAE informed AGERPRES in a release.

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean, currently honorary adviser to the Prime Minister, on Thursday said that Romania had a "wise attitude" and preferred to encourage the dialogue between Turkey and Armenia concerning the "extremely delicate" topic of "the genocide" against Armenians.

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The spokesperson of the Social Democrat Party (PSD) group of senators, Gabriela Firea, has announced on Tuesday that the Social Democrats have approved a series of modifications in the composition of some standing committees, the modifications being determined by the "naming of some senators in ministerial posts".

President Traian Basescu on Monday approved the nomination of Bogdan Aurescu for the post of Foreign Minister.

Aurescu, 41, is a career diplomat who has been working for the Romanian Foreign Ministry since 1996. His main achievement was coordinating Romania's team in the case against Ukraine on maritime delimitation in the Black Sea, which was concluded in 2009.

Teodor Melescanu, who recently became the Foreign Ministry of Romania, has stepped down due to the poor organization of Sunday's presidential elections abroad.