Timofte and aerban, close to reconciliation

George aerban, the former chairman of SIE (Foreign Intelligence Service) Parliamentary Committee and SRI (Romanian Intelligence Service) director Radu Timofte might find a friendly solution to the conflict generated after the former Deputy accused Timofte of allegedly having collaborated with KGB before 1989.

George aerban and Radu Timofte, who filed a criminal complaint for slander against the former Liberal deputy might meet to solve the conflict in an amiable way at the suggestion of the prosecutor in charge of the case.

George aerban, who was heard at the General Prosecutor’s Office yesterday, said that the prosecutor in charge of the case, Cristian Panait, suggested him to meet with the SRI director, in an attempt to persuade Timofte to withdraw his complaint, Mediafax reports.

According to aerban, Panait asked him if he agreed to meet Timofte. Former PNL (National Liberal Party) deputy replied that he had nothing against this meeting, but that did not necessarily mean withdrawing the accusations against the SRI head, as the internal investigation of this service confirmed the existence of the documents he had referred to.

The conflict between George aerban and Radu Timofte burst last October, when the former MP made a statement according to which Radu Timofte had been watched by an operative counter-espionage unit specialised in fighting against the KGB and belonging to the former Securitate, due to his links with “three citizens” from Roman, who were also under surveillance.