Radu Carp, Director General of the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, and Teodor Baconschi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the ceremony for the award of diplomas to governmental workers from the Republic of Moldova, graduates of the programme for Diplomatic Training and Euro-Atlantic Integration. The Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Bucharest, Iurie Renita, stated that, although R. of Moldova ‘was a peaceful country par excellence’, its citizens had come to Bucharest to arm themselves with ‘spiritual ammunition (…) and knowledge’. FM Baconschi advised the graduates to keep their ‘studious habits`.