Foreign Affairs Minister Ramona Manescu stated that the fire that took place on Sunday at the headquarters of the Romanian Embassy in Iraq was caused by the explosion of a tank and an employee suffered light injuries to his hands, being recorded and material damage.
She also showed that there were material damages at the respective headquarters following the fire and the water intervention of the firefighters, and the location of the diplomatic mission will have to be changed, but this was already being considered because the current headquarters had some difficulties from a safety point of view.
Ramona Manescu also mentioned that there weren't many employees at the headquarters of the diplomatic mission at the time of the explosion and of the fire.