President Basescu had a "royal" welcoming at Amman, where he is in an official visit, starting from yesterday. The Hashemite King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al-Abdullah invited him there.
Friendly and sunny (the daytime temperature was yesterday at about 17 Celsius Degrees), the Jordanian capital seemed to be celebrating yesterday. Romanian and Jordanian flags were everywhere to honor the visit of the Romanian President and of the great delegation that came together with him. Speaking of delegation, some of its members were Counsels Adriana and Claudiu Saftoiu, as well as Theodor Stolojan, George Copos, State Minister, and External Affairs Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu, the recently-named Presidential Counsel Sergiu-Medar, Romaniaâs Ambassador in the Hashemite Kingdom, Radu Onofrei, together with State Secretary Ovidiu iuliu Marian, the President of the National Tourism Authority, Senator Verestoi Attila, President of the Chamber for the Friendship with the Jordanian Hashemite Kingdom and Victor Babiuc, the President of the Romanian Commerce and Industry Chamber. If you donât see any surprises among the names above, especially if you take into consideration the economical-political meaning of the visit, the Presidentâs visit to the Jordanian Kingdom has an interesting member in the delegation, the former ATP no. 1, Ilie Nastase.
THINGS IN COMMON Which are the things that we, the Romanians, are interested in when it comes to the Hashemite Kingdom? The answer comes easily when we look at the excellent collaboration as far as the politics, army and secret services are concerned. Moreover, the Jordanian Kingdom is a very important piece in the region, a steady country and a peacemaker, with an open-minded leader. The things we have in common (a special relationship with the USA, as far as the security is concerned, we are part of the Global War
