Noul ambasador al Statelor Unite ale Americii in Romania, Mark Gitenstein, despre romani: "a tough, resilient, determined people who have been through a lot but who have never lost their sense of humour and their love of life." ---------------------------- Vali "Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions are the chief mark of greatness." "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Aboneaza-te la <mailto:[email protected]> ngo_list: o alternativa moderata (un pic) la [ngolist] Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email? http://www.romaniantimes.at/?id=2616 28. 08. 09. - 20:00 New US ambassador presents his letters of accreditation Romanian Times
<http://www.romaniantimes.at/picture/e0pj9g8r.jpg/> Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu welcomed new US Ambassador to Romania Mark H. Gitenstein, who presented his letters of accreditation today (Fri). The Foreign Ministry announced in a press release that the two had talked about bilateral relations. Gitenstein said Washington highly appreciated good relations with Romania, one of the USA's closest friends and partners in Europe. Gitenstein had been sworn in as ambassador on 5 August. US Vice President Joseph Biden did the honours in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Building where the office of the vice president is located. The ceremony was attended by several American officials, as well as by Romanian Charge d'affaires Cristian Gaginsky. In his remarks on the occasion, Gitenstein used several Romanian words in addressing the Romanian diplomat, as well as in talking about his memory of his Romanian-born grandparents. He said in Romanian that he would be returning home to his origins, to the places where his grandparents and great-grandparents had lived. "It is not only a great honour to represent President Obama, but it is also a return to the place from which over a century ago my grandparents came to America, and it is to them that I today pay tribute." "To my great-grandfather Lewis Bralower and my great-grandmother Celia Bralower from Braila and Iasi, to my grandmother Rose Bralower and especially to my father Seymour Gitenstein. At age 94, he still lives in my home-town of Florala, Alabama." "I saw him the weekend before last, and the essential quality I see in him I see in those who live in Romania today. A tough, resilient, determined people who have been through a lot but who have never lost their sense of humour and their love of life," Gitenstein said. 2009 - website by <http://www.ksh-systems.com/> KSH Systems
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