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PM Ponta, about EP request on CIA prisons: We shall do everything that is standard in Europe

October 14, 2013

// Romanian authorities do not hold any kind of information on existence of CIA prisons on Romania’s territory, MAE says. Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Thursday said that the authorities of Bucharest will do “everything that is standard on a European or international level” concerning the European Parliament (EP) request referring to the initiation of [...]

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