The Romanian center on monitoring and struggle against antisemitism addressed the president with a demand to take immediate actions in connection with antisemitic and homophobic statements by Romania's Ambassador to Armenia Sorin Vasile.

The Romanian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying Vasileto has been called to MFA for explanations on some comments that were made during the conference in the American University of Armenia.

Romanian Foreign Ministry instructed Ambassador to apologize publicly for his senseless comments.

The Foreign Ministry regrets and condemns antisemitic and homophobic statements of the Ambassador.

Romanian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns any behavior and statements, which may contribute to intolerance and stereotypes. Romanian Foreign Ministry confirmed that they would not tolerate such behavior of the Romanian diplomats, no matter what position they occupied. Given the fact that in 2016 Romania will chair the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, the Foreign Ministry will continue to make every effort to effectively combat these discourses, regardless of the context.