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President Klaus Iohannis is paying an official visit to France on Tuesday, where he'll meet his counterpart, Francois Hollande, the Senate Chairman, Gerard Larcher, the President of the National Assembly, Claude Bartolone and representatives of the Romanian community in France.

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President Klaus Iohannis will meet, on Monday, at 10.00 EET, in the Blue Room of the Cotroceni Palace, with Senate Speaker Calin Popescu Tariceanu and Chamber of Deputies Speaker Valeriu Zgonea, the schedule of the President, as posted on the Presidential Administration website, shows.

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President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that he wants relations with China to develop by the further diversification of economic cooperation and the broadening inter-human ties, as he holds that this way Romania will also contribute to the achievement of the goals of the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation.

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President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that the Strategic Partnership with the United States of America is a "paramount landmark" of Romania's foreign policy and pronounced for a "dynamic" continuation of the political dialogue and cooperation with Washington.

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President Klaus Iohannis hailed the fact that the European Commission's Report under the Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification (CVM) is mostly positive, while also stressing that its conclusions show the activity of the key judiciary and integrity institutions in fighting corruption saw a definite upward trend.

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National Liberal Party (PNL) Co-Chair Alina Gorghiu revealed that Wednesday's consultations with President Klaus Iohannis included a procedure to respond faster to prosecutors' requests of lifting the immunity of MPs under investigation; she said such a project would be important to restore the Parliament's credibility.

The Social Democrat Party (PSD, main at rule) has proposed on Wednesday, during the meeting with President Klaus Iohannis at the Cotroceni Palace, a register of Romanians living abroad to be fathered, and the activity of the Parliament to be alike the European legislative's, said the party's chair, Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

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President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday accepted the sudden resignation of George Maior, the director of Romania's main intelligence service, the SRI, according to an official announcement. No further details about the decision have been offered.

On the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Group for Social Dialogue (GDS) and of the '22' magazine on Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis declared that throughout these years 'GDS has defended the values of democracy and pluralism.'

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The Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) George Maior submitted his resignation to President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday, the Presidential Administration announced.

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The official source mentions the President has accepted Maior's resignation.