The most influent woman in the world was in Bucharest yesterday. The American state secretary, Condoleeza Rice, signed in Cotroceni the agreement that will allow the presence of American military facilities on the Romanian territory.
After a delay of approximately half an hour, the American State Secretary Condoleeza Rice arrived in Bucharest aboard a special plane that brought her from Berlin. The great Romanian delegation, with officials of the Ministry of External Affairs, of the American Embassy and Romanian sportsmen, have waited a while until being able to welcome Condoleeza Rice, because the arrival was delayed by two reasons, one of them being the dense fog. An employee of the airport who was driving one of the cars that were supposed to attach the ladder attentively watched by the security officers also contributed to the delay . The driver stopped right in front of the first of the three doors of the plane, which was the door for the pilots. In the same time, the flight attendants were opening the other two doors where the members of the American delegations were to step down.
GREETINGS After she finally got down from the plane, the chief of the American diplomacy greeted the new US ambassador in Bucharest, Nicholas Taubman, and his wife. Then, she seemed pretty affectionate towards External Affairs Minister, Razvan Mihai Ungureanu, whom she kissed after he had offered her a bouquet of red roses. Afterwards, Condoleeza went towards another group formed of Nadia Comaneci and other three members of the national gymnastics team. Two members of the national teams for the Special Olympics joined them. "Very nice to meet you", Rice told them and then she hurried towards one of the 14 official cars. The first destination of the quick visit - the Cotroceni Palace. Here, Rice had a private meeting with President Traian Basescu. "I know you met Nadi
