Danube Delta promoted at the Council of Europe

Promoting Romania's beauties internationally remains a commendable endeavor, even if the successes in this area are still few. Romania's permanent representation to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg promotes the Danube Delta in the events it organizes. The Council of Europe hosted, yesterday, the screening of the documentary film "Wild Danube", made by journalist Charlie Ottley, which captures the Romanian Delta in the four seasons and presents the biodiversity of the area, but also the communities, Ivan Patzaichin, the legendary Romanian canoeist born in the village of Mila 23, being one of the interlocutors of the British producer.

Ion Jinga, Romania's permanent representative to the Council of Europe, stated on this occasion: "For the celebration of the National Day, we thought that, along with the official reception that the Permanent Representation of Romania to the Council of Europe will organize on December 3, the most appropriate thing would be to bring a corner of Romania to Strasbourg. And, because "a picture is worth a thousand words", we chose the documentary film "Wild Danube", which speaks in eloquent images about a unique place in Europe and a fabulous part of eternal Romania, the Danube Delta. "Wild Danube" is a gateway to paradise, a film that captures the grandeur of a unique ecosystem in the world and presents the nature, traditions and exceptional heritage of Romania, which deserve to be preserved in all their splendor, for the benefit of future generations". The films made by Charlie Ottley promote Romania and were screened during meetings organized by the Romanian diplomat in his missions. "In 2017, as Romania's ambassador to the UN, I invited Charlie to present the fourth episode of "Wild Carpathia" in New York, in the UN Economic and Social Council hall, in front of ambassadors from all over the world. We are doing a similar exercise at the Council of Europe, the organization that establishes and monitors compliance with standards in terms of democracy, the rule of law and human rights," said Romania's permanent representative to the Council of Europe. For his part, producer Charlie Ottley appreciated the importance of tourism for the sustainable development of rural areas: "It is a privilege to present to the Council of Europe the beauty and complexity of the Danube Delta in Romania, the Amazon of Europe, on Romania's National Day. We are honored by this invitation and hope that we will show as many representatives of the European community as possible what treasures we have in Romania and why tourism can offer a sustainable future to rural areas." The Danube Delta has an area of 4,455 square kilometers, and the largest part, namely 3,510 square kilometers, is located on the territory of Romania, the rest being on that of Ukraine.