ForMin Aurescu tells Ukraine Romania expects mobilization to not be 'selective'

Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu met Ukrainian ambassador in Bucharest Teofil Bauer on Tuesday, on which occasion he communicated the Romanian side's expectation that the partial mobilization carried out amid the conflict in eastern Ukraine should not have a 'selective' character and should avoid 'discriminatory approaches that might target ethnic grounds as well'.

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'The foreign minister communicated the Romanian side's expectation that the implementation of the relevant legal provisions for the partial mobilization in Ukraine should not have a selective character and should be achieved in accordance with the concerned normative framework, in an impartial, transparent and predictable manner, by avoiding any discriminatory approach that might target ethnic grounds as well', the Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a release to AGERPRES.

As regards the fourth phase in the partial mobilization process in Ukraine, Aurescu said Romania 'is closely watching' the manner in which this process is being conducted and is in constant contact with the ethnic Romanians' representatives and the representatives of the civil and military Ukrainian authorities via the General Consulate in Cernauti and Odessa.

The two officials discussed the security situation in Ukraine as well as the results of the extraordinary meeting of the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council from Jan. 29, with emphasis on the prospects facing the talks on reaching a solution to the armed conflict in southeastern Ukraine, the release said.

The Romanian minister condemned the stepped up violence in southeastern Ukraine and the attacks on civilians.

'Aurescu with regret evoked the lack of positive results...