A few days after the pro-governmental daily "Moldova Suverana" in the Moldovan Republic published fragments from an allegedly official document on the abuses committed in the release of Romanian visas for Moldovans, the ANAT (National Association of Travel Agencies in the Moldovan Republic) has provided new information on the case, claiming they informed Bucharest authorities in June 5 about "the latest situation emerging in the Consulate in the Romanian Embassy".
According to Mediafax Agency, the open letter signed by the ANAT president Nicolae Platon had been sent to the President of Romania Traian Basescu about two months before the visa scandal burst out. A copy of it was supposed to have reached the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and minister Adrian Cioroianu, the Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Tourism, the Romanian National Authority for Tourism and state secretary Lucia Nora Morariu, as well as Filip Teodorescu, Romania's ambassador to Chishinau. According to the news, the letter mentioned "the inappropriate behavior of Mr. General Consul Alexandru Rus" and more facts.
The ANAT official claims there was a diplomacy reply by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in June 25, pointing to the Moldovan officials' restrictive approach to Romanian authorities' intention to open two more Romanian consulates in Cahul and Balti, the Moldovan Republic.
President Voronin's amnesia
As the visa scandal is amplifying, the Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has changed the stenograms of previous talks with the Romanian President Traian Basescu. Voronin stated last January that he agreed to the opening of two more Romanian consulates. But he changed his mind last weekend, claiming the Moldovan Republic had never made such a promise to Romania. He claimed that in his meeting with the Romanian President on January 16 he had just mentioned he would analyze the possibilities. (...)
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Ziua Luni 27 August 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
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