In a message on Thursday on the Heroes' Day, President Klaus Iohannis urges Romanians "to be heedful of the heritage they received from those who signed in their blood the birth certificate of the Romanian people."
The proposal of sustainable goals for the country's modernization, by capitalizing on all of its resources, is important, added Iohannis.
"These moments of commemoration have in particular an educational dimension for both the young generation and for the entire Romanian society in its entirety. We ought to assimilate the values, the attitudes and patriotic convictions and to understand our forerunners' message and sacrifice. Here I am urging the Romanians everywhere to be heedful of the heritage received from those who signed in their blood the birth certificate of the Romanian nation," Klaus Iohannis stressed.
In the message sent to AGERPRES by the Presidential Administration, the president expresses his entire appreciation towards the heroes who lost their lives or were injured in the missions abroad, in the operation theatres in Afghanistan, Iraq or the Western Balkans as well as in the NATO, EU and UN missions.
"We also pay tribute today to the heroes who rest in the Buzau-based Heroes Cemetery and who saw in the Great Union the destiny, the mission and the fulfillment of the Romanian nation. They made the ultimate sacrifice for the completion of the national state, for the accomplishment of the dream that had animated ever since 1848 all the generations from both sides of the Carpathians. In the cemetery of honour in Buzau other troops have found their rest, too, whom in the Christian spirit we remember, irrespective of the flag under which they fell or the language in which they swore their allegiance. Let these moments when we turn to history, guide us to national and European unity and solidarity," the president adds.