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  • January 31, 2025 UPDATE

    January 31, 2025 UPDATE

    MOLDOVA Romania has stood by the Republic of Moldova and will continue to do so, in order to increase its energy resilience and support it in its EU accession efforts, the Romanian foreign minister Emil Hurezeanu promised in Chişinău on Friday, during his first official visit in this capacity. He was received by president Maia Sandu and had meetings with his Moldovan counterpart Mihai Popşoi, and with the speaker of parliament Igor Grosu.

     

    Maia Sandu and Emil Hurezeanu discussed ways to strengthen economic ties between the two states and to encourage Romanian companies to invest in Moldova. Emphasis was also placed on improving transport infrastructure, including the construction of new bridges over the Prut and streamlining cross-border traffic. During his meetings in Chişinău, Emil Hurezeanu emphasised that Moldova’s citizens are not alone in facing the energy crisis and can count on the support of Romania and other partners.

     

    ‘The destabilising effects of the energy crisis have helped tighten our ties. We are happy that Romania has managed to cover over 60% of the citizens’ current energy demand, and the preparation of high-voltage lines is also underway. We have been and will remain by the side of the Republic of Moldova,’ Emil Hurezeanu concluded. (AMP)

  • January 30, 2025 UPDATE 1

    January 30, 2025 UPDATE 1

    Candidacy – The president of the opposition Save Romania Union (USR), Elena Lasconi, will run again in the presidential election in May. She announced that she has the support of her party and is responsible for the votes cast by citizens two months ago. In turn, the mayor of Bucharest, Nicuşor Dan, said that he maintained his decision to enter the presidential race as an independent and the governing coalition (PSD-PNL-UDMR) would support a common candidate in the race, the former Liberal leader, Crin Antonescu. We remind you that, in December, the Constitutional Court of Romania annulled the presidential election, citing interference by a state actor, and decided that the electoral process should be entirely resumed. The first round had been won by independent sovereigntist Călin Georgescu and the USR leader Elena Lasconi. On the other hand, European Union member states, including France, Germany and Romania, requested the Commission to take measures to protect the elections in the community space from interference by external actors.

     

    Chişinău – On Friday the Romanian FM Emil Hurezeanu is going on ​​a working visit to the Republic of Moldova (ex-Soviet state with a majority Romanian-speaking population), Radio Chişinău reports. The agenda of the visit includes discussions with the Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihail Popşoi as well as the reception by the country’s president, Maia Sandu, by the president of the Moldovan Parliament, Igor Grosu, and by the deputy prime minister for European Integration, Cristina Gherasimov. The two foreign ministers are to deliver a joint press statement.

     

    Collision – Romania’s President, Klaus Iohannis, sent a message of solidarity to the American people on Thursday following the collision in the air, above Washington, of an American Airlines passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter of the US army. “Our thoughts go out to the families of the victims” – the head of state wrote on platform X. The American Airlines plane, with 64 people on board, and the military helicopter with three soldiers on board crashed, on Wednesday evening, in the Potomac River. Extremely difficult search operations were launched. Since February 2009, there have been no fatal passenger plane accidents in the United States.

     

    Aircraft – An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, purchased by Romania from the Kingdom of Norway, landed, on Thursday, at the 71st General Emanoil Ionescu Air Base at Câmpia Turzii. The aircraft thus completes the 48th Fighter Squadron with all 16 aircraft, the Romanian Defense Ministry informs. The purchase of the new batch of F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft and the related package of goods and services ensures the increase of Romania’s security by defending the national or NATO airspace, in peacetime and in crisis situations, through the Permanent Combat Service – Air Policing, under NATO command. (LS)

     

  • November 2, 2024 UPDATE

    November 2, 2024 UPDATE

    FLOOD According to authorities in Bucharest every Romanian national in the Spanish regions affected by the latest flooding will be able to benefit consular and logistic support by means of Romania’s diplomatic representations. Bucharest is effectively cooperating with the Spanish authorities to set up a rapid and effective mechanism for the repatriation of those willing to return to Romania if need be. Romania’s Prime Minister, Marcel Ciolacu, is expected to meet his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez in a couple of days for talks over the setting up of a logistic centre to help the Romanian nationals affected by flooding in Spain. On Saturday Ciolacu said that a crisis management cell had been created by the Foreign Ministry, but a logistic centre would be also set up jointly with the Spanish authorities. Rescue teams in Spain are making it to the areas blocked by catastrophic flooding where the death toll has reached 211, including four Romanians. One of the victims has been confirmed by the Romanian authorities while a family with a child has been mentioned by the Spanish press. Nine Romanians are reported missing in Spain and the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest is verifying the information about them. The Romanian Embassy in Madrid and the consulate in Castellon de la Plana are in permanent contact with the Spanish authorities. The region of Valencia, in south-eastern Spain, has been affected by devastating floods, experts have deemed as unprecedented. Spain has declared three days of national mourning.

     

    ELECTION The ex-soviet Romanian-speaking Republic of Moldova will be seeing the second round of its presidential election on Sunday. The incumbent pro-European president, Maia Sandu, will be running against the pro-Russian Alexandr Stoianoglo. The first round on October 20 was held concurrently with a referendum on the country’s EU accession and was marked by attempted frauds sponsored by Russia and the runaway oligarch Ilan Şor, who had fled the country in an attempt to avoid a prison sentence. In the first round of voting Maia Sandu got 42.49% and Alexandr Stoianoglo 25.95%. In another development the Constitutional Court has validated the referendum on the country’s EU accession after 50.38% of the Moldovans voted in favour. The Republic of Moldova submitted its EU accession candidacy in March 2022 and the EU kicked off accession negotiations with the former soviet republic in June this year.

     

    MOLDOVA In an interview to Radio Romania, the country’s Foreign Minister, Luminita Odobescu, has highlighted the importance of the presidential election in the neighbouring Republic of Moldova, an ex-Soviet, Romanian-speaking country, both from the voters’ point of view and also from Bucharest’s desire to have a trustworthy dialogue partner in Chisinau. The Romanian minister has also said the Moldovans must vote not only with their hearts but also with their minds for a better future and to bring the republic where it belongs, namely in the European Union. Like in the first round of voting, 16 polling stations will be open in Romania; three in Bucharest, two in Cluj, western Romania and Iasi, in eastern Romania. The cities of Brasov, Sibiu, Timisoara, Craiova, Oradea, Suceava, Bacau, Galati and Constanta each will have one polling station. Moldovan citizens can cast their ballots in Romania by producing an ID or passport between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.

     

    AUDITION The European Parliament’s specialized committees on Monday are expected to commence the audition of the designated European Commissioners. On this occasion the MEPs are going to assess the commissioners’ competences, independence and their attachment to European values, essential elements to serve as members of the new European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen. According to the schedule announced by the European Parliament, the auditions are to end on 12 November, a day when the six executive vice-presidents of the future Commission, including Romanian Roxana Mînzatu who holds the portfolio, ‘People, competences, training’, will have to answer a series of questions. The entire European Commission will have to get greenlight from the European Parliament, the vote being scheduled for the plenary session of 25-28 November in Strasbourg. After getting Parliament confirmation, the European Commission will have to be officially appointed by the European Council through voting. The commission must have the yes-votes of 55% of the member states.

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  • October 5, 2024

    October 5, 2024

    A roundup of local and international news.

     

    FRANCOPHONIE – The Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis, continues today his visit to France, where he takes part in the Francophonie Summit. The 19th High Level Conference of the Heads of State or Government of the 88 Full Member States, Associate Members and Observers of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) is held under the motto “Create, innovate and do business in French”  (‘Creer, innover, entreprendre en francais’). The participation of the Romanian president in the Francophonie Summit is an opportunity to highlight Romania’s contribution to the global effort to transform and adapt multilateralism, and the role of the OIF, in a context marked by major challenges to the rule-based international order, the Presidential Administration said.

     

    CHISINAU – Just a few weeks before the presidential elections and the referendum on the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the EU, the Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu promised, on Friday, in Chisinau, the continuation of his country’s support for Moldova. After being received by President Maia Sandu, who, according to opinion polls, has the first chance to win another mandate as head of state, Ciolacu said that in order to maintain the Republic of Moldova on the European path, it is important that Maia Sandu is reelected and that the referendum on the EU is successful. The Romanian Prime Minister also said that joint projects and investments will continue in the upcoming period.

     

    CONFLICT – Hezbollah armed group said Saturday its fighters were confronting Israeli troops in Lebanon’s southern border region, France Presse reports. At the same time, a series of explosions were heard in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The Israeli military previously issued evacuation orders for certain areas. There have been a series of recent strikes on senior figures within the Islamist group, and Israel is considering how to respond to Tuesday’s ballistic missile attack, which Iran carried out in response to Israeli military action in Lebanon. The price of oil went up given the possibility of an attack on Iranian oil facilities. The escalation in Lebanon comes nearly a year after Hezbollah opened a front against Israel at the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, followed by months of fighting that displaced tens of thousands of residents on both sides of the border. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has warned that his allies, mainly Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Palestinian Hamas, will continue the fight against Israel.

     

    COMISSION – The European Commission has decided to overtax Chinese electric cars by up to 35% starting next month. 10 member states voted in favor and five against. Romania is among the 12 states that abstained. France and Italy voted for this measure, and Germany, the main European car manufacturer, was the strongest opponent. The Commission’s decision is based on the conclusions of an investigation launched a year ago. Beijing supports its own industry in such a way that the price of Chinese electric cars is much lower than the European ones, and thus the competition is partly eliminated. Beijing reacted immediately, and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the EU urges the bloc to act cautiously and postpone the application of tariffs. China sees the introduction of this the tariff as protectionist measure and warns that this attitude could lead to the degradation of trade relations between the two partied. Official estimates are that Chinese cars could reach a 15% share of the EU’s new electric car market by 2025, their prices being 20% smaller, on average, than the Europe-made models.

     

    REPATRIATION – 74 people in vulnerable situation, Romanian citizens and first degree family members, mostly women, children and medical cases were repatriated, Friday evening, from Lebanon, being transported to Romania on board an aircraft of the Romanian Air Force. Previously, the aircraft took off for Beirut with approximately 10 tons of food products from the state reserves on board. The mission was carried out at the request of the Department for Emergency Situations, and the aid was sent by Romania free of charge, in the context of the sharp deterioration of the security situation in the Middle East. On Thursday, another 69 Romanian citizens and first degree family members, mostly women, children and medical cases, were repatriated from Lebanon.

     

    TENNIS – The Romanian pair Monica Niculescu/Gabriela Ruse has today qualified for the doubles final of the WTA tennis tournament in Hong Kong, after winning 6-2, 6-7, 10-4 against the pair Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway )/Fang-Hsien Wu (Taiwan). After this success, Niculescu and Ruse could play in the same formula for Romania at the final tournament of the Billie Jean King Cup. In the final of the Hong Kong tournament, the two Romanians will be up against Nao Hibino and Makoto Ninomiya of Japan.

     

  • September 17, 2024 UPDATE

    September 17, 2024 UPDATE

    A roundup of local and international news.

     

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION – The EC president Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday unveiled the new college of commissioners. Romania’s nominee for one of the 27 European Commissioner posts, the former minister for EU funding and incumbent MEP Roxana Mînzatu, was appointed Executive Vice-President for People, Skills and Preparedness and will also be the new Commissioner for Skills, Education, Quality Jobs and Social Rights. In Bucharest, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu hailed the fact that Romania obtains for the first time since joining the EU  the position of Commission vice-president, and also the fact that Roxana Mînzatu will coordinate a major portfolio with a budget of 235 billion euros – a fifth of the Union’s budget. The team proposed by Ursula von der Leyen will next be interviewed by the European Parliament. Given the length of the procedures, the new commission might begin their term in office later than scheduled, possibly as late as December.

     

    COOPERATION – The Romanian Chamber of Deputies  passed the draft law on the Romania – Moldova cooperation agreement in the military field. According to the document, the two states will support each other in all aspects regarding the preparation and participation in multinational missions and operations under the auspices of the UN, OSCE, NATO or the EU. Deputy Daniel Gheorghe said that the Chisinau administration must give up the neutrality that keeps it captive in the ex-Soviet space, and that the agreement with Romania is a step towards standardization with the North Atlantic area.

     

    FLOODS – The government of Romania approved direct financial aid for the victims of the recent floods in the east of the country, which left 7 people dead and nearly 6,500 homes damaged.  People are still accommodated in the temporary sites arranged by the local authorities, and interior ministry personnel are helped by emergency inspectorate staff from other counties, who have brought over intervention vehicles and large capacity pumps to take out the water and mud from the flooded houses. Meanwhile, water and food supplies are being distributed to the victims, both from the state reserve and from private citizens and companies that have donated clothes, footwear, blankets and mattresses. The Red Cross also dispatched trucks with water and food to the area.

     

    DIPLOMACY – Romania will continue to stand by the Republic of Moldova on a bilateral level, on a European level in the negotiations for EU accession, but also in concrete aspects related to economic development, infrastructure consolidation and, above all, energy security, the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminiţa Odobescu said Tuesday in Chisinau. The head of Romanian diplomacy co-chaired the fifth Ministerial Conference of the Partnership Platform for the Republic of Moldova. She said that the Platform was created with the goal of supporting both financially and sectorally the Republic of Moldova, seriously affected by the consequences of the war waged by Russia in Ukraine. In this context, a Joint Declaration of the Foreign Ministers of Romania, France, Germany and the Republic of Moldova was adopted, reconfirming the important role of this cooperation format and the joint commitment to support the Republic of Moldova in the European integration process, as well as in the efforts for economic development and consolidation of resilience. In Chisinau, the head of the Romanian diplomacy was received, along with the other ministers, by the Moldovan president, Maia Sandu.

     

    FUGITIVES – The Constitutional Court of Romania postponed, for Thursday, the discussions on the notification lodged by the High Court of Cassation and Justice with respect to the so-called Fugitives Act. The law endorsed by the Chamber of Deputies in November 2023 stipulates that citizens subject to a final court sentence who fail to turn themselves in within 7 days to be incarcerated are to be declared fugitives and receive a further 6 month to 3 year sentence. The supreme court believes the law comes against the right to fair trial and individual freedom. Sorin Oprescu, a former mayor of Bucharest, and Alina Bica, a former chief of the Directorate Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism Offences, are some of the high-profile officials who managed to leave the country in order to escape a prison sentence. Italy and Greece are the countries preferred by the fugitives.

     

    CLIMATE – Romania plans to be carbon neutral by 2045, as opposed to its previous target, 2050, according to a new version of the National Integrated Plan on Energy and Climate Change. Bucharest also intends to cover 38% of the country’s total energy demand from renewable sources by 2030. The energy ministry announced on Tuesday additional policies and measures to increase the share of renewable energy, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions substantially and to implement innovating solutions in all economic sectors. The revised plan includes measures to cut emissions in essential sectors such as energy, transport, housing and industry, and aims to implement advanced technologies such as the use of renewable hydrogen.

     

    ENESCU – The 19th edition of the “George Enescu” International Classical Music Competition takes place in Bucharest until September 27, under the high patronage of the Romanian Presidency. Enrolled in this year’s competition are a record 667 musicians aged 13 to 35. The “George Enescu” International Competition, initiated in 1958, is one of the most important events of this kind in the world, providing a platform for rising musicians to prove their skills. Over the years, the competition has consolidated Romania’s standing in the global cultural arena, and is the only competition in the country affiliated to the World Federation of International Music Competitions. The Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation is one of the co-producers of the event.

     

     

     

     

     

  • September 1, 2024

    September 1, 2024

    VISIT   The president of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, urged the citizens of the Republic of Moldova to choose to stay on their path towards EU integration in this autumn’s referendum. While on an official visit to Chişinău, Iohannis said Romania’s strategic commitment to supporting the democratic development of Moldova would remain unwavering in the long run, and called on all international partners to provide consistent support to Moldova’s EU accession efforts. In turn, the president of Moldova, Maia Sandu thanked Romania for its support in the initiation of EU accession negotiations, in fighting the COVID pandemic and in mitigating the electricity shortages caused by the Russian bombings in Ukraine. She said Romania played a vital part in consolidating her country’s energy independence. The two officials signed a Joint Declaration on bilateral cooperation to consolidate the resilience of the Republic of Moldova. The Romanian president’s visit to Chişinău took place as Romania and Moldova celebrated the Romanian Language Day on August 31.

     

    PARLIAMENT The Parliament of Romania resumes its sessions tomorrow, after the summer recess. Its agenda includes a bill raising the pension tax threshold from EUR 400 at present to EUR 600. The ruling coalition comprising the Social Democratic Party and the National Liberal Party decided a few days ago that the new bill should be rushed through Parliament, so that it may take effect on October 1, explained the culture minister Raluca Turcan, a former labour minister. As of this month, the reviewed pension benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. Of the 4.7 million pensioners in Romania, 3.8 million will receive higher benefits, and the remaining 900,000 will be paid the same amounts as they have so far. Although decisions were issued under which certain pensioners’ benefits were cut down, this is only valid on paper, with the Labour Ministry and National Pensions Agency to send notifications in this respect to all the beneficiaries in this situation.

     

    TOURISM The Romanian minister of economy, entrepreneurship and tourism, Radu Oprea, believes the national tourism industry has extremely high potential, but warns that success cannot be achieved without a well-thought plan. While in the resort of Neptun, on the Romanian Black Sea coast, he said a true public-private partnership is needed, and added that a tourism development strategy is currently reviewed by relevant ministries. Oprea voiced his dissatisfaction with the local authorities in the seaside area, which ruined the resort concept by approving the construction of apartment buildings next to hotels. Such urbanisation, the official said, threatens to destroy the charm of seaside resorts and implicitly their financial success.

     

    FLOODS The heavy rainfalls in the past few days caused damage in the south-east of Romania. The most affected region is the Black Sea coast, where precipitations reached 200 litres per square metre, the equivalent of 6 months’ worth of rain. A heavy rainfall alert is still in place in the region. Agigea, Tuzla, Venus, Saturn, Mangalia and Vama Veche are among the most affected resorts. In certain parts of the town of Mangalia, waters reached car windows, while in Vama Veche the floods tore the beach in two, overturned vehicles and destroyed outdoor restaurants. A total of 17 hotels and guest houses were flooded. Fire fighters with the Dobrogea Emergency Inspectorate received 800 calls for help, and rescued 61 people in 24 hours.

     

    INSURANCE Four out of 5 households in Romania are vulnerable to natural disasters, fire or explosion, according to data released by the National Insurers Union. Only 17% of the homes in Romania are protected by an optional insurance policy. Only 3 regions are above the national average—Bucharest-Ilfov, 29%, the west of the country, with 20%, and the centre of the country, 18%.

     

    SCHOOLS The number of schools in Romania to use electronic class registers in the school year beginning on September 9 is 63% higher than last year. According to the education ministry, nearly 1,900 schools will use electronic registration, 733 more than in 2023. As many as 167 of them are in Bucharest. Under the law, they use private software or platforms, and cannot request students or their families to pay for these services. All electronic registers will have authentication options for teachers, students and parents. (AMP)

  • January 4, 2024 UPDATE

    January 4, 2024 UPDATE

    Meeting – The Romanian government met Thursday in the first session of 2024. The government members adopted, among other things, an initiative to optimize the process of issuing passports. The elaborated draft law, which will be sent to Parliament for debate and approval, makes concise and clear the role of the General Directorate of Passports in relation to attesting the quality of Romanian citizenship, in cooperation with other institutions. In order to optimize the process of issuing travel documents, they consider giving the General Directorate of Passports the possibility to verify the collection of the amount representing the value of simple passports, and to return the amount respectively, in situations where it was not paid properly or the related service was not provided. Another draft law adopted on Thursday stipulates that disputes resulting from contracts of mandate concluded by state companies in Romania must be settled in the country. The move transposes European Union norms into the law on international judicial cooperation in criminal and criminal procedure matters. Also on Thursday, the Government adopted a modification of the funding from the state budget of the earthquakes and landslides natural risk mapping.



    Missiles – NATO has announced its decision to support a group of member countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain to purchase up to 1,000 Patriot anti-aircraft missiles. According to NATO, the European production will be increased to cover the growing demand, being also aimed at strengthening the European Sky Shield. The contract stands at 5.5 billion dollars and the cost of each Patriot missile is around 4 million dollars. The contract also covers the maintenance of the Patriot defense systems. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has underlined that raising the ammunition production is essential for the security of the allied countries and Ukraine.



    Agreement — A person’s period of work and their rights to pension have mutually been recognized by Romania and the United States, after the law ratifying the agreement on the issue was promulgated by Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis. Under the new agreement, it will be possible to capitalize on the periods worked both in Romania and the United States, in order to open the pension right on the principle of accumulation, with the proportional granting of the pension by each state, depending on the contribution periods completed. The document also provides for the export of pensions, a major facility regarding the mobility of pensioners in the two countries and maintaining their access to the pension rights being paid. The bill also includes provisions for the posted workers who have been exempted from paying health and social security contributions to the country where they were sent to work.



    Priorities – Solving the problem of resident physicians who passed the specialty exam at the end of 2023 was mentioned as a priority for the beginning of the year by Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. At the start of the first Government meeting in 2024, the Prime Minister recalled that there are approximately 4,500 doctors in which the Romanian state has invested hundreds of millions of Euros and stated that the government must ensure that they remain in Romania. Ciolacu asked the Ministries of Health and Development to update the lists of vacant positions and to come up with memoranda for organizing contests to fill these vacancies, and he also asked the Finance Ministry to cooperate so that this should happen as soon as possible. According to the data of the European Statistical Office, Romania had 350 active physicians per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021. The ranking was led by Greece with 629 physicians per 100,000 inhabitants, and the lowest rate was recorded in France with 318 doctors per 100,000 inhabitants. All in all, in 2021, there were 1.82 million doctors in the European Union.



    Chisinau – Almost 81% of the primary and secondary school children in the Republic of Moldova are taught in Romanian, according to data recently published by the National Bureau of Statistics in Chisinau. Besides this percentage, 19% are taught in Russian and 0.1% study in English. In the 2023-2024 school year, over 1,200 general primary and secondary education institutions operate in the Republic of Moldova, of which almost 900 are in rural areas. Statistical data also show that the number of students studying in public schools decreased this school year compared to the previous one, and more and more students are studying in private schools. Also, last year, the number of secondary school graduates decreased by almost 5%, and that of high school graduates increased by 4%. (LS)

  • Nachrichten 19.11.2023

    Nachrichten 19.11.2023

    Chişinău: In der Republik Moldau findet heute die zweite Runde der Bürgermeisterwahlen in 270 Gemeinden statt, darunter in der zweitgrö‎ßten Stadt des Landes, Bălţi. Der Kampf findet zwischen Vertretern der pro-russischen Linksparteien statt, nachdem die Pro-Europäer in der ersten Runde ausgeschieden sind. Sie verloren auch das Bürgermeisteramt von Chişinău in der ersten Runde. “Egal wie viele Bürgermeisterämter die Sozialisten und andere Vertreter der Opposition in der zweiten Runde gewinnen, sie werden nicht in der Lage sein, die Anzahl der von der derzeitigen pro-europäischen Regierungspartei gewonnenen Bürgermeisterämter zu übertreffen”, erklärte der Politikbeobachter Nicolae Negru gegenüber Radio Chisinau.



    Afrika: Rumänien und Sansibar wollen ihre Zusammenarbeit in Bereichen wie Bildung, Tourismus, Landwirtschaft und Informationstechnologie ausbauen, erklärte Präsident Klaus Iohannis während seines Besuchs in dieser autonomen Region Tansanias. Am Samstag traf das rumänische Staatsoberhaupt mit seinem sansibarischen Amtskollegen zusammen, dem er versicherte, dass die rumänischen Behörden weiterhin rumänische Investitionen und Unternehmen in Afrika unterstützen werden. “Wir haben konkret darüber gesprochen, wie wir die vielfältigen Folgen eines Krieges bewältigen können, auch im Hinblick auf die Gewährleistung der Ernährungssicherheit für die afrikanischen Staaten. Wir haben die umfangreichen politischen, logistischen und administrativen Ma‎ßnahmen vorgestellt, die Rumänien ergriffen hat, um Getreideexporte aus der Ukraine, auch in afrikanische Länder, zu erleichtern”, sagte Präsident Iohannis nach Gesprächen mit der tansanischen Präsidentin Samia Hassan. Die Reise ist der erste politisch-diplomatische Schritt auf dieser Ebene in den letzten 30 Jahren und zielt darauf ab, die Beziehungen Rumäniens mit dem afrikanischen Kontinent neu zu beleben. Bukarest hat kürzlich eine nationale Strategie für Afrika verabschiedet.



    Rom: Die rumänische Kulturministerin Raluca Turcan hält sich zu einem zweitägigen Besuch in Rom auf, wo sie an der Eröffnung der Ausstellung “Dakien, die letzte Grenze des Rumänentums” teilnehmen wird. Das Ausstellungsprojekt wird vom Nationalmuseum für rumänische Geschichte unter der Schirmherrschaft des Kulturministeriums konzipiert und koordiniert. Die Ausstellung wird in Partnerschaft mit der rumänischen Botschaft in Italien, dem rumänischen Au‎ßenministerium, dem italienischen Kulturministerium und dem Rumänischen Kulturinstitut über die Accademia di Romania realisiert und vom rumänischen Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt. Die Ausstellung, die vom 21. November 2023 bis zum 24. April 2024 geöffnet bleibt, umfasst mehr als 900 archäologische Objekte, die die historische Entwicklung des heutigen rumänischen Territoriums über einen Zeitraum von mehr als tausend Jahren nachzeichnen. Während ihres Besuchs in Rom wird Turcan mit ihren italienischen und moldawischen Amtskollegen Gennaro Sangiuliano bzw Sergiu Prodan zusammentreffen. Ministerin Raluca Turcan wird auch an einer Diskussion mit Rumänen teilnehmen, die in Italien im Kulturbereich tätig sind.



    Sport: Die rumänische Fu‎ßballnationalmannschaft hat sich für die EURO 2024 qualifiziert, nachdem sie am Samstagabend in der Pancho-Arena in Felcsut (Ungarn) im vorletzten Vorrundenspiel der Gruppe I Israel mit 2:1 besiegt hat. Rumänien, das einen Punkt zur Qualifikation benötigte, nimmt nach 1984, 1996, 2000, 2008 und 2016 zum sechsten Mal an einer Europameisterschaftsendrunde teil. Rumänien ist nach neun Spielen noch ungeschlagen und steht an der Spitze der Gruppe. Rumänien bestreitet sein letztes Gruppenspiel gegen die Schweiz am Dienstag in der Nationalarena in Bukarest.



  • Cătălin Pîslaru din Germania

    Cătălin Pîslaru din Germania

    Artistul român născut la Chişinău, cu studii în Italia și Germania, Cătălin Pîslaru, expune, pentru prima oară, între 20 octombrie şi 25 noiembrie, la București, la galeria Gaep, sub titlul: ’All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’




  • Rep.Moldova, după alegerile locale

    Rep.Moldova, după alegerile locale

    Pe parcursul a
    trei decenii, Republica Moldova, vecina României la est, a făcut saltul uriaş
    de la statutul de vasal al Moscovei în era sovietică, la cel de candidat la
    aderarea la Uniunea Europeană. Agresiunea Rusiei asupra Ucrainei, faţă de care
    administraţia pro-europeană de la Chişinău, în frunte cu preşedinta Maia Sandu,
    s-a poziţionat corect denunţând-o în termeni duri, a grăbit procesul de
    orientare spre Vest, de unde provine şansa stabilităţii democratice şi a
    prosperităţii.


    Rezistenţa stângii pro-ruse nu este, însă, neglijabilă. O
    dovedesc alegerile locale de duminică. Partidul Acţiune şi Solidaritate (PAS)
    al Maiei Sandu a câştigat mai mult de 40% din voturile exprimate pentru
    primari, consilieri şi consilii raionale şi sate. Formaţiunea prezidenţială a
    câştigat locuri de primar în primul tur de scrutin în mai bine de un sfert din
    circa 900 de sate şi oraşe. Victoriile au fost în mare parte în zonele rurale, iar
    candidaţii Partidului Acţiune şi Solidaritate nu au reuşit să câştige posturi
    de primari în marile oraşe.     La Chişinău, primarul în funcţie, Ion Ceban, un fost membru marcant
    al Partidului Socialiştilor, a fost reales din primul tur. Totuşi, partidul său
    nu a obţinut acelaşi succes în Consiliul Municipal.     Analistul Ion Tăbârţă observă că partidul
    aflat la guvernare a acumulat mai puţine voturi decât se aştepta.

    Ion Tăbârţă: Înţelegem
    că, totuşi, poziţiile socialiştilor în ansamblu cu cele ale comuniştilor sunt
    destul de solide. Veneam cumva cu anumite prognosticuri optimiste că deja la
    două treimi din societate este pro-europeană, o treime priveşte spre Est. Vedem
    că nici pe departe nu este aşa. Partidele de stânga au mai multe voturi decât
    cele de dreapta.


    Văzut ca un test pentru politica pro-europeană a
    preşedintei Maia Sandu, scutinul local a avut loc pe fondul unor acuzaţii de
    ingerinţă rusă, negate, însă, de Moscova. Organizaţia pentru Securitate şi
    Cooperare în Europa a transmis într-un raport preliminar că întreaga campanie a
    fost denaturată de un aflux de fonduri ilicite şi străine şi de
    stimulente monetare folosite pentru a influenţa voinţa alegătorilor.     Reuters
    notează că, înainte de vot, autorităţile moldoveneşti au acuzat Rusia că ar
    cumpăra voturi prin direcţionarea a 5 milioane de dolari către ceea ce a numit
    grupuri criminale, conduse de omul de afaceri fugar Ilan Şor, care
    a fost condamnat în lipsă pentru implicare în fraude bancare în Moldova. Cu
    doar două zile înainte de vot, autorităţile au interzis partidul Şansă, legat
    de Şor, din motive de securitate, o decizie despre care OSCE crede că a limitat
    opţiunile alegătorilor.


    Acesta a fost ultimul vot naţional din Republica
    Moldova înainte de alegerile prezidenţiale care vor avea loc în noiembrie 2024.
    Un an mai târziu, în 2025, sunt prevăzute alegeri parlamentare.



  • 06.11.2023 (mise à jour)

    06.11.2023 (mise à jour)

    Otages
    – La cheffe de la diplomatie roumaine, Luminita Odobescu, s’est entretenue par
    téléphone avec son homologue égyptien Sameh Shoukri sur la situation des
    ressortissants roumains de la Bande de Gaza qui ont demandé d’être évacués. 260
    ressortissants roumains et des membres de leurs familles ont appelé les
    autorités roumaines en aide pour quitter la Bande de Gaza, a précisé la
    responsable de Bucarest, tout en affirmant que des négociations en ce sens sont
    en cours. La ministre roumaine a demandé aux autorités égyptiennes de donner la
    priorité à l’évacuation des Roumains de Gaza, dès que le poste de frontière de
    Rafah sera de nouveau fonctionnel. Pour sa part, son homologue égyptien l’a
    assurée que les autorités du Caire portaient une attention particulière à toutes
    ces demandes. Plus tôt dans la journée, la ministre roumaine s’est entretenue
    avec son homologue israélien également sur la situation des 6 personnes ayant
    la double nationalité roumaine et israélienne prises en otages par le Hamas
    dans la Bande de Gaza. A noter aussi que l’Ambassade de Roumanie à Tel Aviv et
    le Consulat Général de la Roumanie à Haïfa sont en contact permanent avec les
    autorités israéliennes.




    Fiscalité
    – Le premier ministre, Marcel Ciolacu et les représentants de l’Association
    roumaine des Banques ont débattu des nouveaux plafonds imposés aux paiements en
    espèce. Les discussions sont intervenues dans le contexte où le chef de l’Exécutif
    s’est alerté dans un message sur les réseaux sociaux sur la hausse artificielle
    des commissions bancaires. Et lui de rappeler que le pays est le champion
    européen de l’évasion fiscale. « Il faudrait réviser le plus vite possible
    cette mesure qui limite les paiements en liquide », a affirmé pour sa part
    le chef du Sénat, Nicolae Ciuca. Celui-ci considère que les citoyens devraient
    avoir le droit de disposer de leur argent comme beau leur semble. Il se peut
    que la coalition au pouvoir se penche de nouveau sur cette loi qui plafonne les
    paiements en espèces. La mesure devrait produire des effets à partir du 11
    novembre. A son tour, le président du Conseil de la concurrence, Bogdan
    Chiritoiu, a déclaré que les paiements en liquide ont deux inconvénients majeurs.
    D’abord l’évasion fiscale et après le fait que les processus bancaires
    nécessaires pour assurer l’argent liquide coûtent cher à la société. « Il
    y a des pays européens où les transactions en espèces sont pratiquement
    inexistantes », a-t-il ajouté.


    Transports – Les membres de l’Union des syndicats des
    Hôpitaux cliniques de la Société roumaine des chemins de fer ont protesté lundi
    devant le siège du Ministère des Transports de Bucarest après avoir appris que
    les 15 hôpitaux placés sous l’ombrelle de la SNCF de Roumanie risquent de
    fermer leurs portes. Les établissements sanitaires devraient être placés sous
    le contrôle d’autres structures. Les syndicalistes déplorent également
    l’absence du dialogue et l’incertitude qui plane sur l’avenir des 3000 salariés
    qui travaillent dans ce réseau sanitaire. Le vice premier ministre de
    l’organisation syndicale SANITAS, Iulian Pope, a précisé qu’au terme d’un
    décret d’urgence du Gouvernement, au moins trois hôpitaux – deux de Bucarest et
    un de Galati passeraient d’ici la fin de l’année sous la tutelle des
    administrations locales. Les syndicalistes ont avancé un mémorandum au
    Ministère des Transports pour demander que les hôpitaux ne passent pas sous
    l’ombrelle du Ministère de la Défense, des administrations locales ou d’autres
    entités juridiques.

    Chisinau
    – Le maire en exercice de la capitale moldave Chisinau, l’ancien socialiste Ion
    Ceban, rival de la présidente pro-occidentale moldave Maia Sandu, a remporté
    dès le premier tour les élections municipales de la capitale, selon les
    résultats annoncés par la Commission électorale centrale. Candidat du Mouvement
    de l’Alternative Nationale, dont il est le président, il a obtenu 50,6% des
    suffrages. Il a devancé Lilian Carp, le candidat du Parti Action et Solidarité,
    à la gouvernance, qui a réuni 28 % de suffrages. Au niveau national, c’est ce
    parti qui domine le classement, avec 25,5% des voix. Il est suivi par les
    Socialistes de l’ancien président, Igor Dodon, qui a décroché 18,5% des
    suffrages, la plupart dans le nord prorusse. Le Mouvement de l’Alternative
    nationale du maire de Chisinau, Ion Ceban, a réuni 7% des voix au niveau
    national ce qui lui permet de franchir le seuil électoral pour faire partie du
    Parlement. Le président du parti au pouvoir, Igor Grosu, affirme que le scrutin
    de dimanche s’est déroulé sur une ingérence sans précédent de la part de Moscou
    dans les affaires intérieures de la Moldavie. La Fédération de Russie est
    responsable du financement illégal des partis et de la corruption des électeurs
    et des candidats. C’est la raison pour laquelle à la veille du scrutin, la
    formation politique La Chance, de l’oligarque russe Ilan Sor, a été écartée de
    la course présidentielle.


  • Alegeri locale în R. Moldova: 27 de candidați pentru Primăria Chișinău

    Alegeri locale în R. Moldova: 27 de candidați pentru Primăria Chișinău

    Cetăţenii Republicii Moldova sunt chemaţi, astăzi, la urne pentru a-şi alege primarii şi consilierii locali. Rezultatele scrutinului sunt importante şi în perspectiva alegerilor prezidenţiale de anul viitor şi a celor parlamentare din 2025, în urmă cărora se va şti dacă ţara vecină îşi va continuă parcursul european. Miza principală este oraşul Chişînău, cu cea mai mare concentraţie de populaţie şi de resurse.

    Un număr record de 28 de candidaţi au fost înregistraţi pentru funcţia de primar. Scrutinul se desfăşoară pe fundalul unor ingerinţe fără precedent în procesul electoral din Republica Moldova din partea Rusiei, prin finanţare ilegală a partidelor, coruperea alegătorilor şi a candidaţilor. Vineri seară, a fost scos din cursa electorală Partidul Şansă, afiliatul oligarhului fugar Ilan Şor, după ce Serviciul de Informaţii şi Securitate a raportat că formaţiunea a cumpărat votanţi cu bani primiţi din Rusia.

    Alegerile locale generale din 5 noiembrie 2023 reprezintă cel de-al optulea scrutin de acest tip de la proclamarea independenţei Republicii Moldova.

  • Jurnal românesc – 18.09.2023

    Jurnal românesc – 18.09.2023

    Parlamentarii USR de Diaspora Radu
    Mihail şi Iulian Lorincz, alături de mai mulţi membri ai Comisiei de politică
    externă din Senat, au depus o iniţiativă legislativă pentru creşterea gradului
    de digitalizare a serviciilor consulare, astfel încât cetăţenii să poată accesa
    servicii consulare online fără a fi nevoiţi să se prezinte la sediul misiunii
    diplomatice sau al oficiului consular. Iniţiativa legislativă prevede ca
    documentele să poată fi transmise beneficiarilor în format electronic sau să li
    se expedieze prin servicii de curierat. Acestea vor putea fi ridicate şi
    personal de la reprezentanţele diplomatice sau cele consulare. De asemenea,
    personalul consular va putea utiliza semnături electronice. Radu Mihail consideră
    că a venit timpul ca românii din diaspora să nu mai piardă ore în şir
    cu drumuri la consulate. Această practică, de a călători sute de kilometri
    pentru a obţine un act, trebuie să rămână de domeniul trecutului. Relaţia
    românilor cu administraţia poate fi mai clară şi mai simplă, mai ales cu
    ajutorul tehnologiei şi al digitalizării’, a spus Radu Mihail. În prezent,
    românii din afara graniţelor ţării care au nevoie de diverse documente şi acte
    sunt nevoiţi să se deplaseze la sediile consulatelor, indiferent de distanţele
    pe care le au de parcurs.




    Anul viitor va fi unul electoral, iar românii
    din diaspora sunt informaţi despre prevenirea corupţiei şi o mai mare
    transparenţă în ceea ce priveşte alegerile. Campania Autorităţii Electorale
    Permanente vizează 12 ţări, iar până acum au avut loc două sesiuni de
    informare, la Paris şi Roma. Ion Mincu-Rădulescu de la Departamentul Cooperare
    Internaţională din cadrul Autorităţii Electorale Permanente a afirmat că acest
    proiect îmbunătăţeşte foarte mult ceea ce înseamnă conştientizarea alegătorului
    cu privire la principiile eticii şi integrităţii pe perioada procesului
    electoral. Următoarea sesiune de informare va avea loc la 19 septembrie, la
    Bruxelles, iar ultima, la Dublin, la 14 noiembrie.





    După
    ce Liceul din Borisăuca din sudul Basarabiei a renunțat la sintagma de limba
    moldovenească în procesul de învățământ, alte două școli din regiunea Odesa
    sunt foarte aproape de finalizarea acestei proceduri, informează BucPress. Este
    vorba de școlile mixte din Dumitrești (raionul Chilia) și Satu Nou (raionul
    Belgorod-Dnistrovski).     Pe website-urile acestor instituții de învățământ a fost
    actualizată informația despre limba de predare, așa numita limbă moldovenească
    fiind înlocuită cu limba română în programele de învățământ. Urmează
    introducerea modificărilor respective în statutul fiecărei școli, care vor fi
    examinate la viitoarele sesiuni ale consiliilor locale. BucPress amintește că,la îndemnul Consiliului Național al Românilor din Ucraina, începând cu
    decembrie 2019, majoritatea școlilor în care mai activează clase cu predare în
    limba moldovenească din sudul Basarabiei, regiunea Odesa, au înaintat
    Ministerului Educației de la Kiev cereri colective, cu semnăturile părinților
    și ale cadrelor didactice și susținute de demersurile multianuale ale
    asociațiilor românești din regiunea Odesa. Prin aceste cereri se solicită
    revenirea la programa de învățământ pentru școlile cu predare în limba română
    după care studiază școlile similare din comunitățile istorice românești din
    regiunile Cernăuți și Transcarpatia.




    Reuniunea Teatrelor Naţionale româneşti
    continuă, la Chişinău, sub genericul Atât de aproape. A opta ediţie
    aduce pe aceeaşi scenă teatre din România şi Republica Moldova şi are un
    invitat special, Teatrul Naţional Ivan Franko din Kiev. Programul cuprinde atât
    spectacole de teatru, cât şi audiţii de spectacole radiofonice în premieră,
    expoziţii de carte rară şi fotografie sau conferinţe despre arta teatrală.
    Redactorul şef al redacţiei teatru a Societăţii Române de Radiodifuziune,
    Attila Vizauer, a declarat că a fost pregătit un program de audiţii cu public
    şi dezbateri, derulat pe întreaga perioadă a reuniunii, cu emoţia şi bucuria de
    a prezenta în faţa participanţilor la reuniune şi a publicului din Chişinău,
    creaţiile radiofonice, care vorbesc despre evenimente şi personalităţi
    culturale şi istorice ale neamului românesc. Pe 19 septembrie, va fi prezentat spectacolul
    radiofonic Carol și Elisabeta – Iubire și neatârnare, al Teatrului radiofonic
    București. Între lumi. Răzvrătitul. Căutări., un alt spectacol
    radiofonic produs de Radio România, cu participarea actorilor Teatrului
    Național Mihai Eminescu, va fi prezentat audienței pe 21 septembrie


  • September 17, 2023 – UPDATE

    September 17, 2023 – UPDATE

    UN President Klaus Iohannis will be leading Romania’s
    delegation to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly between
    September 18 and 22 in New York. In his address, Mr. Iohannis will present
    Romania’s views on current global developments, highlighting Romania’s foreign
    policy priorities and its contribution to reaching the goals on the UN
    multilateral agenda. President Iohannis will also attend the Summit on
    Sustainable Development Goals, and will be a guest of honour at the World
    Leaders Forum organised by the prestigious Columbia University in New York, where
    he will be discussing Romania’s outlook on the war in Ukraine and its impact on
    Black Sea security.


    PENSIONS A new
    version of the special pension law, comprising the amendments requested by the
    Constitutional Court, will be endorsed by the end of September, said the
    interim Chamber of Deputies speaker, Alfred Simonis. He added the law covers
    all categories of special pensions, but because the special benefits paid to
    magistrates and other categories cannot be scrapped, as it happened in the case
    of MPs, taxation will be introduced, which the Court has accepted. Also,
    Simonis said, ceilings must be introduced for each particular profession, so as
    to eliminate special pensions of EUR 8,000 or even EUR 14,000 a month. The
    Constitutional Court last month sent back to Parliament the new draft pension
    law, on grounds that pension benefits currently being paid cannot be readjusted
    to different principles than the ones in the law under which they have been
    granted.


    CEREMONY A military and religious ceremony was held on
    Sunday at the Heroes’ Cross on Caraiman Peak in central Romania, to celebrate
    95 years since the monument was unveiled. Included in the Guinness Book of
    Records, the 40m cross is the highest such monument placed on a mountain top in
    the world. It was erected at an altitude of 2,291 m between 1926 and 1928, at
    the initiative of and with support from Queen Marie and King Ferdinand of
    Romania, as a tribute to WW1 heroes.


    FLIGHTS The Romanian airline TAROM announces new flights to and from Chișinău,
    in the neighbouring Republic of Moldova, as of September 24. TAROM will operate
    additional flights over weekends, to reach a total of 21 weekly return flights,
    with prices starting at EUR 85.


    MOTORWAYS As of next week Romania will have 1,000 km of
    motorway in use, with the opening of the Nuşfalău – Suplacu de Barcău segment
    of the A3 Transilvania motoway. Next month the first 20 km of the Bucharest
    ring motorway will also be opened, and next year the first 2 segments of the Ploieşti-Buzău
    motorway are scheduled to be completed.


    SCHENGEN Austria’s opposition to Romania’s Schengen
    accession is not targeted against Bucharest, but against this freedom of
    movement system, said the Austrian minister for the EU, Karoline Edtstadler. The
    statement comes after Bucharest warned it would sue Vienna over its veto to
    Romania’s accession. Karoline Edtstadler told the media she understood the
    position of Romanian authorities, but added Austria cannot close its eyes to an
    already flawed system. She explained the EU should ensure efficient protection of its external
    borders before envisioning a Europe without internal
    borders. In
    an interview to Austrian mass media, Romania’s PM
    Marcel Ciolacu said that in case of further opposition from Austria, Romania
    will have to take the matter to court and demand compensation for the losses
    incurred because of its failure to join the Schengen area.


    NATO NATO’s secretary general
    Jens Stoltenberg has warned in an interview published on Sunday, that we must
    not expect a swift end to the war in Ukraine, as Kyiv carries on its
    counteroffensive against Russian forces, AFP reports. The war began in February 2022, when
    Russian troops invaded Ukraine. As for Ukraine’s efforts to join NATO, Jens Stoltenberg promised
    that sooner or later, Ukraine will be a NATO member. In July’s NATO summit in
    Vilnius, Alliance leaders agreed that Kyiv may join NATO once
    certain conditions are fulfilled, with the US and Germany emphasising that
    these conditions include reforms to protect democracy and the rule of law. In
    mid-June the Ukrainian army launched a counteroffensive to push out the Russian
    troops from the south and east of the country, but so far only a limited number
    of localities have been freed.


    TABLE TENNIS Romania’s women’s team was defeated by Germany,
    3-0, on Sunday, in the European Table Tennis Championships final in Malmo (Sweden).
    Elizabeta Samara lost to Xiaona Shan 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-8), Bernadette Szocs was
    defeated by Ying Han 3-1 (14-16, 11-8, 11-8, 12-10), and Nina Mittelham beat
    Andreea Dragoman 3-2 (5-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 12-10), after the Romanian player
    lost two match points. Romania was already a European vice-champion, after
    winning the silver in 2021, at home in Cluj-Napoca.



    RUGBY Defending world champions, South
    Africa Sunday defeated 76-0 Romania’s national rugby team in a World Cup Group
    B match in Bordeaux (France). A week ago Romania lost to Ireland 82-8 (33-8). Romania’s rugby team is next to play against
    Scotland on September 30 and against Tonga on October 8, in Lille. (AMP)

  • Vizita secretarului adjunct al NATO la Chișinău

    Vizita secretarului adjunct al NATO la Chișinău

    Aflat într-o vizită la Chișinău, secretarul general adjunct al NATO, Mircea Geoană, s-a referit la recentele incidente de pe teritoriul României, în apropierea graniței cu Ucraina, unde au fost descoperite bucăţi de dronă similară celor folosite de armata rusă, apreciind ca acestea fac parte din categoria incidentelor, nu a atacurilor deliberate. El a admis probabilitatea ca astfel de situaţii să mai apară, însă a subliniat că nu există informaţii potrivit cărora Rusia ar ataca deliberat teritoriul aliat, iar NATO ia măsuri în continuare de întărire a protecţiei teritoriului aliat, inclusiv cel al României. Suntem în contact permanent cu aliatul nostru român – a spus Mircea Geoană – amintind că secretarul general al Alianței, Jens Stoltenberg, a avut recent o convorbire telefonică cu preşedintele Klaus Iohannis pe acest subiect.

    Cât privește Republica Moldova, oficialul a apreciat că locul acesteia este în Europa ‘alături de familia democraţiilor occidentale’. El a adăugat că, deşi asupra acestui stat nu planează un risc de natură militară, totuşi el este supus unui război hibrid, provocat de Rusia, de la folosirea armei energetice la atacuri cibernetice, la dezinformare, la influenţarea mecanismelor democratice, la instigarea la revoltă socială.

    Mircea Geoană a apreciat că Ucraina vecină, care rezistă în faţa Rusiei, apără în prezent şi Republica Moldova de atacuri militare directe. Mircea Geoană: Vreau să reconfirm aici, la Chişinău, faptul că nu vedem un risc de natură militară din partea Federaţiei Ruse la adresa Republicii Moldova, pentru simplul fapt că Ucraina face o treabă atât de bună şi cu sprijinul nostru, încât acest risc militar în acest moment şi pe perioada predictibilă nu este aici. Asta nu înseamnă că Federaţia Rusă nu a declanşat şi derulează, în timp ce discutăm, tot ce înseamnă arsenalul războiului hibrid împotriva Republicii Moldova, de la folosirea armei energetice, la atacuri cibernetice, la dezinformare, la influenţarea mecanismelor democratice, la instigarea la revoltă socială. Şi pentru noi este foarte important să întărim rezilienţa Republicii Moldova, respectând neutralitatea acestei țări.

    La rândul său, premierul Dorin Recean a subliniat că războiul Rusiei în Ucraina a schimbat mult percepţia legată de securitate în Europa şi în lume. El a menţionat că multe state au înţeles că au nevoie de un sector al apărării dezvoltat şi prioritatea Chișinăului acum este să aibă o armată la standarde NATO. Este nevoie de consolidarea capacităţii de apărare, în special prin investiţii în armată, a insistat Dorin Recean: Neutralitatea Moldovei nu înseamnă indiferenţă, nu înseamnă că nu trebuie să facem nimic. De asta noi trebuie să ne consolidăm capacitatea de apărare, de asta trebuie să facem aceste investiţii în armata naţională, în aşa fel încât să avem armata naţională la standardele NATO şi, evident, aici vom avea susţinerea partenerilor noştri. Dorin Recean a mai spus că Republica Moldova va participa la programele privind noile tehnologii şi inovaţii ale NATO.