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Former head of Romania's Intelligence Service (SRI) George Maior confirmed on Tuesday in a testimony before Parliament's SRI Oversight Committee that he would have meetings and discussions with leaders of media organisations, but none were at his request, says committee chair Claudiu Manda.
According to Manda, Maior confirmed that he had talks with embattled media mogul Adrian Sarbu.
Manda added that Maior claimed SRI stack to neutrality in the elections.
He also mentioned a meeting that Maior confirmed with fugitive media mogul Sebastian Ghita and "a person at the helm of a foreign intelligence service."
"There was one more thing that I mentioned and he confirmed that there was a meeting of him, Mr Ghita, a person at the helm of a foreign intelligence service. And with regard to [chief anti-graft prosecutor] Ms Kovesi, he said that he does not want or does not remember [her being at the meeting], but from what I understand from other intelligence is that Mrs Kovesi did attend such a meeting on the SRI premises," said Manda.
Former SRI Chief George Maior, now Romania's ambassador to the US, testified before the parliamentary committee for six hours.
