"Maybe some people who have not read this country’s history, find it easy to talk about Transylvania as something that can be traded or turned elsewhere. Today, here at Oarba de Mures, we are all aware that Transylvania has cost enormously the Romanian people, and that the Romanian people has not paid money or favors for it, but they gave their blood for Transylvania. I think, this is the place where we can best evaluate how dear Transylvania is to us. "said Basescu quoted by Mediafax.
He delivered a speech at the commemoration of the soldiers fallen in Oarba de Mureş in 1944 for the liberation of Northern Transylvania.
The President hinted at the recent statements of MEP Laszlo Tokes, without saying his name, adding that they had “shocked” him because he used to consider him a symbol of the Romanian Revolution. .
"And when you hear Romanian citizens saying that they wanted Transylvania to be placed under a dictate you cannot help but shudder, you cannot help but wonder what kind of Romanian citizens are they. This request of o a bearer of Romanian citizenship has struck me. It was striking to me because I used to consider him a symbol of the Romanian Revolution. Unfortunately, people who think in this way, that Transylvania could be the topic of debate, the object of negotiations, do nothing but disappoint us whatever they had done in the past. Lately, I can hardly stop recalling this story because for me, as head of state, it was a shock, " Basescu said.
Afterwards, asked by the journalists if he had referred to Laszlo Tokes, the president replied: Whom else?
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