Petre Roman seems to make pressures on concluding the treaty with Russia choosing a reasonable solution instead of nothing. After the success of signing the treaty with the Moldova Republic, the Secretary of State, Petre Roman, decided to mark a more important point: hastening or ending the negotiations along with the treaty with the Russian Federation. Last week, at Strasbourg, Petre Roman came to an agreement with his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov to restart the debates regarding the bilateral treaty at the experts' level. It's a big step to take if we take into account the negotiations among experts came to a deadlock in the 1998 autumn. The meetings between the state secretaries of both ministries in November 1998, brought into light four major problems that impede the treaty's conclusion: the Ribbentrop-Molotov accord the Romanians disregard, the treasure issue, the use of the signing parts' territories matter and the alliance policy. 1999 brought into the NATO intervention in Kosovo and placed Romania explicitly on the Alliance's side. The bilateral political relations have been practically frozen at Moscow's initiative and the former premier's visit, Radu Vasile, since November 1999 hasn't changed a thing. The important thing is however that Radu Vasile found that the new Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wished to change his attitude towards Romania. In what way we don't know yet. The sign of change came through Ivanov's accord to restart debates. When Andrei Plesu resigned, he stated that one of his failures during his mandate had been the unconcluded treaty with Moldova Republic and Russia. The Romanian negotiators imposed to the Russian part in "the iron hand wearing a silk glove" strategy, an unusual way for Moscow to be treated. The Russians didn't accept even a minimal term-namely to make up a joint commission to settle the fate of the Romanian treas