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President Iohannis meets Chancellor Merkel in Brussels: No discussion on Romania’s Embassy to Israel. Presidential Administration: Chancellor gives assurances of Germany’s support for Romania’s Presidency of EU Council

December 14, 2018

President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday in Brussels that there was no discussion between him and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the Embassy of Romania to Israel. Asked upon his arrival at the European Council meeting in Brussels whether he will have a meeting with Angela Merkel, given that there...

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