"The guests appreciated the insights of President Ion Iliescu who, at the beginning of the 1990s, recognized the vital role of Freemasonry in the process of the democratization and the development of Romania."
"For lunch, guests went to the Prime Minister's Palace where the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mircea Geoana, former Ambassador of Romania to the United States, welcomed them. The Romanian Prime Minister, Adrian Nastase, arrived and warmly recalled the reawakening of Romanian Free-masonry after 1989, a movement in which he was directly involved as Foreign Minister in 1990."
"Freemasonry has a long history in Romania, going back as far as 1734. That is only 17 years after the constitution of the United Grand Lodge of England and two years before the birth of the Scottish Rite."
"We are all aware of the worldwide role played by Masonry and its contribution to the creation of modern Europe, especially in the wake of the 1848 revolutions. In particular, Masonry has contributed to the establishment of modern Romania and its unitary statehood. Yet, these facts were kept hidden in Romania for the last 50 years."
"By their vision, they outlined the destiny of our nation, and their ideal of unified statehood, shared by all Romanians, came true in 1918, again at the initiative and with the contribution of patriotic Freemasons."
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