Moldovan deputy foreign minister attends meeting with CLARE representatives

Chisinau, 2 July /MOLDPRES/ - Deputy Foreign and European Integration Minister Andrei Galbur today opened the meeting with the delegation and co-rapporteurs of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLARE), who pay a post-monitoring visit to Moldova, the Foreign and European Integration Ministry’s information and media communication service has reported.

Galbur welcomed the assistance of the Council of Europe, especially of CLARE Secretariat, in order to implement the National Decentralisation Strategy 2012-2015 and work out the strategy action plan. 

“We consider essential the support of the Council of Europe in order to identify funds necessary to implement the component of local and regional democracy of the action plan on support to democratic reforms in Moldova for 2013-2016,” Andrei Galbur said. 

At the same time, Galbul highlighted the priority interest of the Moldovan authorities to maintain stability in southern Gagauz region and include the region in economic development and European integration. 

For their part, CLARE co-rapporteurs praised the progress recorded at local level, including the implementation of the Law on local public finances all over Moldova, and reconfirmed their willingness to share good practices, as well as to provide necessary expertise as to decentralisation. 

Attending the meeting also were representatives of national institutions in charge of decentralisation, as well as the ones of the Congress of Local Public Authorities .

(Editor M. Jantovan)