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Romania takes over, starting on Monday, the Presidency of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informs. "Romania is part of the six states (P6) which will hold, throughout 2017, by alphabetical rotation, the Presidency of the Conference on Disarmament. Romania is to exercise the mandate in the period 23 January - 19 February 2017, being the first country to led the Conference works in 2017. The Presidency is exercised by Ambassador Adrian Vierita, a permanent Representative of Romania with the international organizations in Geneva," the MAE release sent to Agerpres reveals.
According to the quoted source,"taking over the CD Presidency is a new opportunity for Romania to reiterate the firm political support for this multilateral negotiation forum in the disarmament area and for the efforts of revitalize its activities, through adopting, as soon as possible, by a consensus, a working programme."
In its quality as state which will ensure the first Presidency in 2017, Romania started consultations with the regional groups and with the member states of this forum, in order to identify the themes which could coagulate the CD members consensus and the realistic directions of action during the Romanian Presidency, the MAE also informs.
