President Klaus Iohannis declared, on Wednesday, in Budapest, Hungary, that during discussions with his Hungarian counterpart, Novak Katalin, he expressed the full readiness of the Romanian authorities to act to strengthen dialogue and bilateral cooperation, saying that "it is absolutely necessary to avoid unilateral or controversial gestures".
"My visit today to Budapest, at the invitation of president Novak Katalin constitutes an important signal regarding the future development of our bilateral relationship. (...) I expressed the full readiness of the Romanian authorities to act for the consolidation of dialogue and bilateral cooperation and to offer even more substance to the strategic partnership between our countries. Romania aims for this dialogue to have a positive dynamic, of development and deepening, in the interest of all our citizens, regardless of their ethnic origin. Romania promotes an open, transparent, pragmatic approach, based on mutual trust. I strongly believe that it is absolutely necessary to avoid unilateral or controversial gestures," Iohannis said in the joint press statement with Novak, agerpres reports.
In this context, the Romanian president pointed out that people who belong to national minorities contribute to creating and consolidating bridges between the state of citizenship and the related state.
"There must be a decision on both sides to look at the future of our relations in a perspective focused on development, cooperation, identifying the elements that unite us and similar interests, rather than those that divide them. I emphasized that people belonging to national minorities contribute to the creation and consolidation of bridges between the state of citizenship, the only one responsible for the protection of their rights, and the related state," said Klaus Iohannis.
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