Traian Basescu declared that he had talks with KazMunaiGaz President regarding the state's recovery of the debts of Rompetrol, which KazMunaiGaz tookover recently worth over 500 million euro.

The problem is technical, we do not want to create problems to Petromidia and Romeptrol has 20,000 employees so we do not want to shut it down, President Basescu said. He added that negotiations will extend to January.