Valahia University Rector's Address 

Victor Hugo, „Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other”

(Victor Hugo)

The awarding of the highest academic distinction to His Excellency Dr. Vladimir JARMOLENKO, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania at Bucharest, is the major event marking the beginning of a new university year.

We wanted to pay our homage to such an outstanding personality of the scientific and diplomatic world in equal measure. Mr. Ambassador proved to be, besides an excellent diplomat, an undeniable friend of our university. We cannot forget the interest and support extended whenever it was needed to the "Grigore Gafencu" Research Center for the History of International Relations and Cultural Studies and to the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies whose honorary president has become in 2008.

Norturing the hope of a successful development of this cooperation designed to deepen mutual knowledge and the proximity between the two peoples through science, culture and traditions, I sincerely wish:

Vivat, crescat, floreat!

Professor Dr. Ion Cucui

12. Doctor Honoris Causa.pdf