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Abstract: This study points out political and diplomatic relations of Romania with France, Russia and England, but it also describes the attempts of the Entente to normalize the ties between Romanian and Bulgarian governments. France and Russia wanted to obtain the support of all neutral states from South -Eastern Europe and Balkans: Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. But in October 1914 Turkey joined Central Powers. After that, the diplomacy of Entente continued the efforts to persuade the governments from Bucharest and Sofia to make war against Double Monarchy and Germany. The French minister of foreign affairs, Téophile Delcassé and the leader of the Russian diplomacy, Serghei Sazonov, attempted to create a block of the Balkanic states under the control and authority of France and Russia. Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece were the countries which had to form the Balkanic alliance. This alliance would have been a real blow for the interests of the Central Powers, especially if we think of the startegical importance of the zone. In fact, there was a challenge for Paris and Petersburg. But in order to guarantee the success of the block of Balkanic countries, each government had to make some territorial concessions. For instance, Romania had to improve its relations with Bulgaria. But the condition of a modus vivendi between the authorities of the two countries was the cession of Cadrilater to Sofia. The Bulgarians were very uncontent after the treaty of peace signed in Bucharest, which offered to Romania this part of Dobrodja. Bulgaria worked out to revise the treaty, unjust from its point of view. On the other hand, there were misunderstandings concerning Macedonia that separated Bulgaria and Serbia, and also Greece and Bulgaria. Neither Romania, nor Serbia and Greece agreed the concessions to Bulgaria. In fact, despite the diplomatic efforts of the Entente, only Serbia (1914) and Romania (1916) joined Entente. Bulgaria joined Central Powers, in the autumn of 1915. So the plan of resurrection of the alliance between the states from Balkans failed. It is obvious that the national interests of each power prevailed over the collective aims and objectives. |
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