Background 1. India and Romania established diplomatic relations in 1954. Indo-Romanian ties were marked by fairly regular exchanges, including at the highest levels. 2. List of VVIP visits exchanged between India and Romania include: § 1965 President Radhakrishnan visited Romania; § 1973 President Giri visited Romania § 1967 Prime Minster Indira Gandhi visited Romania § 1969 President Ceausescu visited India § 1974 & 78 President Ceausescu made stop over visits to India § 1981 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visited Romania § 1987 President Ceausescu visited India § 1991 President Iliescu made stop over visit to …showed first 75 words of 1154 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1154 total…envisaged in the CEP. There have been occasions in the past two years when in spite of our constant reminders, both written and over telephone, the Romanian authorities have failed to give us a positive response. Since such visits by troupes sponsored by ICCR have a regional itinerary which has to be planned much in advance of the actual visit, timely response plays an important part in the ultimate staging or cancelling of the event.