Romania was one of the first countries to recognize the State of Palestine in 1988 and had hosted a PLO office in Bucharest since 1974. Through October 2023 the opening said many Palestinian militants were trained in Romania and that most of the weapons the PLO used against Israel came from Romania and the Soviet Bloc. Today the opening carries none of that, and the word is nowhere in the article. A reader today learns Romania's diplomatic recognition of Palestine, and not that it trained militants and supplied weapons used against Israel.
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Bilateral relations Relations between Romania and Palestine have been strong since the beginning of the Communist regime in Romania in 1947. Relations between Romania and the PLO were established and strengthened under the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu , who ruled as dictator of Romania from 1965 until 1989. In 1974 Romania recognized the PLO and a representative office was established in Bucharest . The PLO representative office later became an embassy. During that time many Palestinian militants were trained in Romania and most of the weapons that the PLO used against Israel were made in the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries including Romania. Even after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which overthrew the communist regime and established a democratic republic, Romania remained committed to the Middle East peace process and the establishment of a separate Palestinian state. In fact, Romania had maintained bilateral relations with Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization and was seen by both as a neutral mediator.1 Romania was one of the first countries to recognize Palestine after the Palestinian Declaration of Independence on November 15, 1988. Romania has since maintained relations with the Palestinian Authority and has always supported Palestine's cause in the United Nations .2The Palestinian President , Mahmoud Abbas , also paid an official visit to Romania in 2008, during his trip to Europe. During his two-day stay in Bucharest , Abbas met Traian Băsescu the President of Romania as well as the then- Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu , Senate Chairman of Romania Ilie Sârbu , and with leaders of both chambers of the Romanian parliament. President Abbas emphasised the strong relations between the two nations and he noted that it was in Bucharest in 1988 that both Israel and the PLO had held their very first meeting. Earlier in February 2008, the then-Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu paid a visit to the Palestinian territories. During the meeting Cioroianu reiterated the Romanian people's continuing support for the Palestinian cause and the Middle East peace process.3
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Bilateral relations Relations between Romania and PLO have been strong since the beginning of the Communist regime in Romania in 1947. Relations between Romania and the PLO were established and strengthened under the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu , who ruled Romania from 1965 until 1989. In 1974 Romania recognized the PLO and a representative office was established in Bucharest . The PLO representative office later became an embassy. During that time many Palestinian militants were trained in Romania and most of the weapons that the PLO used against Israel were made in the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries including Romania. Even after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which overthrew the communist regime and established a democratic republic, Romania remained committed to the Middle East peace process and the establishment of a separate Palestinian state. In fact, Romania had maintained bilateral relations both with Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization and was seen by both sides as a neutral mediator.Romania was one of the first countries to recognize the Palestinian Authority after the Palestinian Declaration of Independence on November 15, 1988.Romania has since maintained relations with the Palestinian Authority and has always supported Palestinians' cause in the United Nations .
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Diplomatic relations between Palestine and Romania Bilateral relations Relations between Romania and PLO have been strong since the beginning of the Communist regime in Romania in 1947. Relations between Romania and the PLO were established and strengthened under the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu , who ruled Romania from 1965 until 1989. In 1974 Romania recognized the PLO and a representative office was established in Bucharest . The PLO representative office later became an embassy. During that time many Palestinian militants were trained in Romania and most of the weapons that the PLO used against Israel were made in the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries including Romania. Even after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which overthrew the communist regime and established a democratic republic, Romania remained committed to the Middle East peace process and the establishment of a separate Palestinian state. In fact, Romania had maintained bilateral relations both with Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization and was seen by both sides as a neutral mediator. Romania was one of the first countries to recognize the Palestinian Authority after the Palestinian Declaration of Independence on November 15, 1988. Romania has since maintained relations with the Palestinian Authority and has always supported Palestinians' cause in the United Nations .
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Bilateral relations Relations between Romania and PLO have been strong since the beginning of the Communist regime in Romania in 1947. Relations between Romania and the PLO were established and strengthened under the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu , who ruled Romania from 1965 until 1989. In 1974 Romania recognized the PLO and a representative office was established in Bucharest . The PLO representative office later became an embassy. During that time many Palestinian militants were trained in Romania and most of the weapons that the PLO used against Israel were made in the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries including Romania. Even after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which overthrew the communist regime and established a democratic republic, Romania remained committed to the Middle East peace process and the establishment of a separate Palestinian state. In fact, Romania had maintained bilateral relations both with Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization and was seen by both sides as a neutral mediator. Romania was one of the first countries to recognize the Palestinian Authority after the Palestinian Declaration of Independence on November 15, 1988. Romania has since maintained relations with the Palestinian Authority and has always supported Palestinians' cause in the United Nations .
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Bilateral relations Romania was one of the first countries to recognize the State of Palestine after the Palestinian Declaration of Independence on November 15, 1988.Romania and Palestine have maintained full diplomatic relations since then.Prior to that, Romania had established relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1974, under Nicolae Ceauşescu .In that year, a PLO representative office was established in Bucharest .After Romania recognized Palestine as a State in 1988, the PLO representative office officially became the Palestinian embassy in Bucharest.Currently, Romania maintains diplomatic relations both with Israel and with Palestine . https://ramallah.mae.ro/node/221 "România a recunoscut Statul Palestina la 16 noiembrie 1988."
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