The Romanian community of Odesa wants to recall Romania's ambassador to Ukraine
The Odesa-based "Bessarabia" Association wants to recall Romania's ambassador, arguing that he handled the crisis over Romanian-language primary and secondary education in Ukraine in an unacceptable and counterproductive manner, G4Media reports, citing Agerpres.
The association's founding president, Anatol Popescu, called on President Nicușor Dan and acting Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu to examine the possibility of recalling Romania's ambassador to Ukraine, Alexandru Victor Micula:
We ask the President of Romania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to examine the possibility of recalling Romania's ambassador to Ukraine, Alexandru Victor Micula, given that during his extended mandate he handled the crisis over Romanian-language primary and secondary education in Ukraine in an unacceptable and counterproductive manner, and to urgently replace him with a career diplomat experienced in the former Soviet space, who would restore respect for the rights of members of the historic Romanian community in Ukraine as a priority issue on the agenda of the Romanian embassy in Kyiv.
In his open letter to the authorities in Bucharest and Kyiv, Popescu is calling for measures to ensure respect for the rights of the Romanian minority, and has expressed his dissatisfaction that the Ukrainian authorities ignored the amendment proposals submitted by the leaders of the Romanian community to draft law no. 16,119 of October 1, 2026, on the educational rights of national minorities in Ukraine. The draft law is scheduled to be put to a vote in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on October 12, and Popescu is asking for the date to be postponed:
Given that no genuine consultations have taken place with representatives of the historic Romanian communities of Zakarpattia, Chernivtsi and Odesa, and that the "briefing session" of October 9, 2026 was convened belatedly, only 3 days before the parliamentary vote, we express our protest and ask the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada to postpone the vote on draft law no. 16,119 of October 1, 2026, scheduled for Monday, October 12, 2026, to a later date, to be held after public consultations have been organized with representatives of the Romanian national community (minority) in Ukraine.
He is also asking the foreign ministries of Ukraine and Romania to convene, "with the utmost urgency," an extraordinary session of the intergovernmental joint commission on national minorities, whose agenda would be the amendment proposals submitted by representatives of the Romanian community in Ukraine to the education bill under debate in parliament.
The Hungarian government has recently conducted an extensive lobbying effort to restore the linguistic and educational rights of ethnic Hungarians in Zakarpattia. The results of this would be reflected in the Ukrainian law set to be voted on October 12.
~Ugar
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