OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 102, 27 May 1996

HUNGARY, ROMANIA TO CONTINUE TALKS IN JUNE. Hungarian Foreign Minister
Laszlo Kovacs on 25 May announced that Hungary and Romania will resume
talks on the bilateral treaty in the second half of June, Reuters
reported. The announcement came one day after Kovacs met with his
Romanian counterpart, Teodor Melescanu, in Salzburg where they were
taking part in the European Artistic Forum. Treaty negotiations have
been stalled since mid-1995, mainly over rights for Romania's Hungarian
minority. Signing the treaty is seen as a key step in both countries'
efforts toward NATO and EU membership. In other news, MTI on 24 May
reported that the Hungarian, Slovak, and Austrian premiers are to
expected meet in Slovakia in mid-June. -- Sharon Fisher

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