President Klaus Iohannis delivered a message on the occasion of Romania’s National Minorities Day. The message was conveyed by Cătălina Galer, state councilor for the Directorate for Relations between Public Authorities and Civil Society, during an event held in Parliament. The message emphasized that the Romanian state has regarded national minorities and their parliamentary representatives as valuable partners and responsible collaborators. They have contributed to ensuring an atmosphere of peace, stability, and social trust, as well as achieving the nation’s strategic goals.

“On National Minorities Day in Romania, we celebrate the strong bond passed down through generations, a bond shared among all the citizens of our country. Regardless of ethnic affiliation, they have united their identities and unique values to collectively build a unified nation-state and a homeland of harmonious coexistence.
Today, we extend our best wishes to everyone belonging to minority groups: Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Jewish, Greek, German, Italian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Polish, Roma, Lipovan, Ruthenian, Serbian, Slovak, Tatar, Turkish, and Ukrainian,” stated Klaus Iohannis.
The president highlighted that “the Romanian state has had valuable negotiation partners and responsible collaborators in national minorities and their parliamentary representatives, who have contributed to ensuring an atmosphere of peace, stability, and social trust, as well as achieving our nation’s strategic goals.”
“Throughout history, every minority has offered Romania remarkable personalities who, with foresight and generosity, contributed to the fulfillment of the nation’s destiny and the development of the modern Romanian state. Central to this is the protection and respect of the rights of individuals belonging to national minorities.
I trust that the minorities in our country will continue to uphold common European values and remain committed to the vision of an inclusive, democratic Romania where tolerance and respect always triumph over violence and hatred, discrimination, and xenophobia.
In the current geopolitical context, it is essential that we remain united and show solidarity with our fellow human beings affected by war and multiple crises,” the president stressed in his message to national minorities.
“Dear representatives of Romania’s national minorities, we thank you for the dedication with which you have committed to our shared goal of keeping Romania on its European and Euro-Atlantic path, strengthening democracy—restored after decades of dictatorship and totalitarianism—through sacrifice and faith in a free and dignified future.
I wish for all of you that this celebration, for the entire nation of Romania, becomes a source of inspiration and a call to mobilize our energies to discover new paths for development. Let it be an opportunity to sanctify our harmonious coexistence at home and in Europe,” Klaus Iohannis concluded.
Ciolacu: Romania as a Model for Ensuring Coexistence and the Right to Identity
Romania is a model for ensuring coexistence and the right to identity, stated Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in his message published on Wednesday on the occasion of the Day of Minorities in Romania.

According to Marcel Ciolacu, improving laws affecting national minorities and ensuring their active participation in all areas of Romania’s political, cultural, and socio-economic life has always been a political priority for Bucharest governments since the regime change.
„Continuing this direction and ensuring socio-political stability are even more important in the current period,” emphasized Ciolacu, according to Agerpres. The Prime Minister reaffirmed the Romanian government’s commitment to protecting human rights and freedoms, democracy, and rejecting hatred, prejudice, discrimination, antisemitism, racism, or xenophobia.
At the end of his message, he called on national minorities to work together with the Romanian majority to build a Romania „where we all want to live.”