17/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Lazar Comanescu, who until now was the Romanian permanent representative to the EU in Brussels, was this week appointed his country's new foreign minister. Between 2001 and Romania's accession to the EU on 1 January 2007, Comanescu was the head of the Romanian Mission to the EU. He will be replaced in Brussels by Mihnea Motoc. Addressing the Romanian Parliament foreign affairs committee in February, Motoc said that the main objective was to increase the country's...