March 21, 2023
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Newsroom, 21.03.2023, 13:55
TALKS Russian
president Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are currently having
talks in Moscow. Economic cooperation is high on the agenda on the second day
of the Chinese President’s three-day visit to Moscow. Yesterday, the two
leaders tackled the war in Ukraine and the two sides are expected to sign two
major agreements on expanding the strategic bilateral cooperation and
partnership. According to sources in Moscow, the talks’ agenda also includes technical-military
cooperation between the two sides, amid the West’s fears that Beijing could
supply weapons to Russia for the war the latter is presently waging on Ukraine.
According to experts, the Chinese president’s visit is important for president
Putin who can now prove that Russia isn’t internationally isolated. China
hasn’t condemned the war in Ukraine but has been engaged in peace talks and at
the beginning of his visit president Jinping has underlined China’s neutral
stand.
CUT Last year Romania
managed to slightly curb the number of road accidents by 200 as compared to
2021. Fatalities from road accidents were also reduced by 145 and the number of
wounded by 100. In 2022 Romania reported 47 hundred accidents and 1,630
fatalities. 37 hundred people were also severely injured. According to the
Romanian Police General Inspectorate, these have been the lowest figures in the
past decade. Road traffic police are these days conducting a series of
preventive activities on the high-risk sections of the country’s road network.
DAY Numerous events have been announced in
Romania on the World Poetry Day marked on March 21. The National Museum of
Literature in Bucharest has scheduled a series of public lectures, exhibitions
and shows in libraries and education units as well as several outdoor events
focusing on poetry. At the Ipotesti Memorial in north-eastern Romania, The Mihai
Eminescu National Study Center is staging the traditional poetry marathon
involving the participation of almost 20 authors. The National Museum of
Literature in Iasi, eastern Romania is also staging a poetry marathon.
PLAN Romania is one of the 17 EU members to have endorsed the EU
joint weapon-purchase plan, which will enable the EU nations to jointly
purchase weapons amid growing appeals from Ukraine for more military support.
According to EU officials the initiative will allow the EU to replenish arms
that have already been provided to Ukraine. The plan has been drawn up by the
European Defence Agency in an attempt to connect the weapon demands of the EU
members and Ukraine and the European arms industry. The programme has two lines
of procurement, one for the 155 mm howitzer shells for a period of two years
and for other types of ammunition for a period of seven years. The plan’s third
component is focusing on raising the production capabilities of some weapon
producers in the EU.
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