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Președintele Klaus Iohannis l-a primit pe regele Charles al III-lea, „un mare prieten al României”, la Palatul Cotroceni. Discursul regelui a conținut fraze exprimate în limba română
#Postat de Carmen Vintu on iunie 3, 2023
Președintele Klaus Iohannis la primit vineri, la Palatul Cotroceni, pe regele Charles al III-lea al Regatului Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei, cel care a devenit primul monarh britanic care vizitează România în această calitate.
Vizita regelui Charles al III-lea în România are un caracter privat, iar singurul moment public este reprezentat de vizita la Palatul Cotroceni, ca gest de curtoazie.
Fragment din discursul susținut de Președintele României, Klaus Iohannis, cu prilejul primirii Majestății Sale Regele Charles al III-lea la Palatul Cotroceni:
„Maiestatea Voastră,
Mă bucur să evidențiez că anul 2023 este unul foarte important și pentru relația dintre România și Regatul Unit.
Celebrăm 20 de ani de la lansarea Parteneriatului Strategic Bilateral, prilej cu care a fost semnată Declarația comună reînnoită, care deschide calea unei cooperări intensificate între țările noastre. Dimensiunea militară și de securitate, care reprezintă un pilon esențial al Parteneriatului Strategic, este cu atât mai relevantă în actualul context geopolitic.”
Fragment din discursul susținut de către Majestatea Sa Regele Charles al III-lea:
„Domnule Președinte, doamnelor și domnilor,
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I cannot describe what great pleasure it gives me to be visiting Romania once again. Thank you, Mr. President, for your kind words and your immense generosity in hosting this reception.
I can scarcely believe that twenty-five years have gone by since my first visit to this most remarkable country, although even before I came here I felt a deep connection to Romania. Your own much-loved Queen Marie was, as you well know, the first cousin of my great-grandfather King George V, while Queen Mary, my great-grandmother – whom I remember well – was descended from Countess Claudia Rhedey with links that go back deep into Romania’s history, and of course my father was a first cousin of King Mihai and cherished memories of their playing together as children here. So, if I may say so, I have always felt rather at home in Romania!
Throughout all these years, I have had the joy of being able to travel widely across the country and to meet Romanians from many walks of life. This has afforded me the opportunity to witness, at first hand, the extraordinary development which has taken place and which is, I must say, a testament to your innovation, energy and resilience. I have met and been most impressed by a new generation of young, enterprising and resourceful Romanians who are meeting the challenges of the modern world, working with flair in all areas from technology and eco-tourism, and environmental protection to the production of environmentally-friendly building materials and techniques.
I have also been inspired by the many people I have met who have tirelessly worked for others. From FARA, whose efforts to support young people in the most difficult circumstances I first encountered in the early nineteen nineties – and moved me to become their Patron twenty-three years ago – to, more recently, Associata Monumentum, whose work to train craftspeople and architects across Romania has been supported by The Prince’s Foundation. It is so impressive to see how many young volunteers work every year with such love and dedication, and attention to detail, with their ‘Ambulance for Historic Monuments’ to help preserve Romania’s wonderfully diverse architectural inheritance.
Președintele Klaus Iohannis l-a primit pe regele Charles al III-lea
As I have said before, I have come to love Romania – your culture and art, your heritage and history, your sweeping landscapes and priceless biodiversity, this “tara de glorii, tara de dor”, if I may paraphrase your national poet, Mihai Eminescu. Romania has retained, in its ancient forests, pristine countryside, and through some remarkable examples of sustainable farming, an incomparable richness of Nature. This is still home to many species of flora and fauna that have disappeared, or are threatened elsewhere in Europe and the world, which makes it all the more precious.”
