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Romania Africa
After 1970 Ceausescu systematically cultivated
relations with
the less-developed countries, African nations in
particular.
Numerous African leaders called on Ceausescu in Bucharest,
and he
embarked on long African tours almost every year.
Ceausescu
travelled to nearly every African country except South
Africa on
several occasions. These annual tours gave him the
opportunity to
appear as an international statesman, and they resulted in
general
trade agreements. The less-developed countries were viewed
as a
source of raw materials and a market for Romanian
manufactured
goods that did not fare well in the West.
Data as of July 1989
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