By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on January 30 that Romania 'firmly' supports the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine, just a few hours after ultranationalist presidential candidate Calin Georgescu declared that 'Ukraine is an invented state' and that he wants to annex parts of

Georgescu said Romania should reclaim the Ukrainian regions with Romanian populations of northern Bukovina, Bugeac and northern Maramureș.

Călin Georgescu, a far-right pro-Russian Romanian politician, has called Ukraine a fictitious state and said that its division between neighbouring states is inevitable. Source: Georgescu in a discussion with journalist Ion Cristoiu,

Far-right Romanian politician Calin Georgescu called Ukraine a "fictional" state and claimed that the eventual partition of its territories is "inevitable" in an interview published on Jan. 29. "On 100% it will happen,