Tokom svečanosti, Maior -- koji je studirao na Univerzitetu George Washington, i kao bivši državni sekretar bio uključen u plodne pregovore s NATO-om i Sjedinjenim Državama -- obećao je da će se rukovoditi "idejom o političkoj neutralnosti".
During the ceremony, Maior -- who studied at George Washington University and, as former state secretary, was involved in fruitful negotiations with NATO and the United States -- pledged that he would be guided by "the idea of total political neutrality".