Romania was confident Tuesday it would keep its tricolor blue, yellow and red flag, after a report that the Saharan state of Chad, which flies the same colors, took the issue before the United Nations.

\"There is no reason to worry because the Romanian flag is much older than the flag of Chad, which has only been independent since 1960,\" President Ion Iliescu said, adding that the misunderstanding would surely be reconciled through diplomatic channels.

The flags of Romania and Chad became identical in 1989 when the Ceaucescu dictatorship fell and Romania dropped the communist insignia that once decorated the center of its standard.

According to private network Prima TV, Chad has submitted the issue to the U.N. for examination.

Specialists in national heraldry from the Romanian Academy are now also looking into the issue.

While both flags have blue, yellow and red stripes, experts say the Chad blue is deeper than the Romanian blue.

The flags of the Principality of Andorra and Moldova share the same colors and pattern but with an added insignia in the center.

Source: travel.discovery.com