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Neighbouring Republic of
\nMoldova is a former Soviet republic, with a predominantly-Romanian-speaking
\npopulation. The Republic of Moldova gained its independence 30 years ago.
\nNotwithstanding, Moldova is still searching for a better future for its
\ncitizens. The number of its citizens is dwindling by the year; Moldovans have
\nbeen opting for leaving the country to relocate to Western Europe, in the hopes
\nthey will find a better live there. It is the dismal aftermath of the policy decision-makers
\nin Chisinau have been implementing for a number of years. Such a policy caused
\na great number of problems, mostly economic. However, a fresh breath of hope
\nfor the better has been recently provided by Maia Sandu’s gaining accession to power.
\nShe is a reformist, pro-European president, dead set on implementing a
\nthoroughgoing series of modern reforms for the state and its institutions. And
\nthe chances to achieve that are all the greater as the recently-instated
\ngovernment in Chisinau is literally fine-tuned in its bid to work with the president.
\nThe parliament, for its part, is also dominated by a majority that also offers
\nits backing for Maia Sandu’s reformist endeavour. And at that, the high-ranking
\nauthorities in Bucharest have been quick to offer their unconditional support to
\nthe Republic of Moldova. Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu has recently
\nbeen a guest on a Romanian state-run TV program. While on the show, Minister Aurescu
\nrecalled that on July 23rd this year, he was the first EU high-ranking
\nofficial to have been on a visit to Chisinau, on the sidelines of Maia Sandu’s
\nwinning the early parliamentary election. Aurescu also stated he held talks
\nwith officials on the Republic of Moldova for the bi-lateral cooperation to be
\nrelaunched. Foreign Affairs Minister Aurescu also stated, QUOTE, All we have done
\nthis year, and let me remind you that last year, the first head of state to
\nhave visited the Republic of Moldova when Maia Sandu won the election was Romania’s
\npresident Klaus Iohannis, all that we did this year was to try, immediately after
\nthe snap election that brought to power the new pro-reform, pro-European
\nmajority, to support the reformist efforts, UNQUOTE. <\/p>\n
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We can say we have reached a point
\nwhere the priorities of the bi-lateral agenda can no longer be overlooked and
\nwe have noticed there already has been a mutual interest on the part of the
\nelites, and not only on the part of citizens, as in effect, for a long time citizens
\nsomehow had been ahead of the authorities, as for various reasons the latter failed
\nto cooperate and were unable to materialize all those tendencies populations living
\non both banks of Prut river have always had. It is the assessment provided by former
\npresidential adviser in Chisinau, Vlad Turcanu, in a Radio Romania program. <\/p>\n
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Vlad Turcanu:<\/p>\n
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The authorities
\nin Chisinau have initiated, as of this autumn, once with the snap election on July
\n11 and once a new government was instated, sweeping reforms in all the fields of
\nactivity, practically, and they are aware that, without the contribution of such
\nfriend states as Romania, that is not going to be easy at all. Take, for
\ninstance, the gas crisis, about which we can say it has already ended, even
\nthough we can still speak about lingering setback issues. But in those days of uncertainty,
\na great many things mattered, for the atmosphere in Chisinau and for the safety
\nof the political endeavour in Chisinau, like the support signals sent from
\nBucharest and other European capital cities. And, from my point of view, it is
\nno mean feat to be aware of the fact that, in the event of a force majeure circumstance,
\nyou can receive natural gas from Romania through a gas line, built with the
\nhelp of Romania, whose contribution to that was significant. In the Republic of
\nMoldova, there are many vulnerabilities, in the energy system, in the IT or the security systems, which Republic of Moldova’s foes will never
\ncease to capitalize on. Such categories of risk, which for long have been ignored,
\nwill resurface, and the expertise Romania holds in those as well as in other
\nfields will be extremely useful for the transformations we have initiated here,
\nin the Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n
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Republic of Moldova’s pro-European
\ngovernment has been instated with a wide majority of parliamentary votes in favour,
\n63 in 101. The government will have to prove it is capable of
\nimplementing the reforms it pledged it would carry through, Vlad Turcanu also
\nsaid. The former presidential adviser went on to say that, as Republic of Moldova
\nemerges out of the isolation that has been introduced in recent years, several projects
\nare beginning to take shape, a clear example for the Republic of Moldova moving
\nin the European direction and being also set to solve all those problems that
\nhave accrued. And at that, Romania’s help is very important. <\/p>\n
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Vlad Turcanu:<\/p>\n
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The lines
\nof cooperation are quite a few. Romania’s and Republic of Moldova’s Foreign
\nAffairs Ministers have signed a roadmap on the priority cooperation areas, the
\neducation ministers in turn signed an agreement on the mutual recognition of diplomas,
\ncertificates and scientific titles. But the most important element on the infrastructure
\nagenda is Republic of Moldova’ s being reconnected to the EU electricity
\nsystem. Because it is here that one of the vulnerabilities lies, that I was speaking
\nabout. The Republic of Moldova has been contracting electric energy from the
\nCuciurgan Power Plant, built on the left bank of River Dniester on the territory
\nof the unrecognized Dniester Republic. And that, for Republic of Moldova, has
\nbeen a major setback all the time, because it had to be extremely careful with
\nits relationship with the Russian federation, lest they find themselves cut off
\nfrom the power grid, completely.<\/p>\n
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Republic
\nof Moldova’s roadmap is extremely specific. It focuses on each and every field
\nof interest for the bilateral relation. The document was signed as part of Maia
\nSandu’s recent visit to Bucharest this year, against the backdrop of the
\nthree-decade anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations. The document seeks
\nto implement everything required for meeting a series of major set targets for
\nthe following period. Such targets pertain to the stimulation of Republic of Moldova’s
\nEuropean Integration and to a deeper interconnection of Republic of Moldova’s with
\nEuropean Union area. Also, the economic and social development will be
\nstimulated, so that Moldovan citizens can benefit from truly European standards
\nwith respect to everything related to life, society, administration and the
\njustice system. And, last but not the least, the document stipulates the mutual
\ndesire to strengthen the two states’ common provinces of language, culture and
\nhistory.<\/p>\n
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(Translation by Eugen Nasta)<\/p>\n
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