Romania’s prime minister said he would try to resolve what critics have called flaws in the Balkan country’s process for offering restitution for Jewish property.
Victor Ponta offered the assurances at a meeting last week in Bucharest with a delegation from the World Jewish Restitution Organization along with representatives of the U.S. and Israeli governments and leaders of the local Jewish community.
Ponta appointed staff from his office to sit on a joint working group that was formed at the end of the meeting, according to Nachliel Dison, WJRO’s acting director. It will provide its recommendations on how to move forward within 90 days.
“This is a very important step forward in the restitution process,” WJRO’s chair of operations, Gideon Taylor, told JTA. “There has been a lot of progress in Romania, but there is much work ahead. Time is against us and, as survivors age, we need to finish quickly.”
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