Moldova speaks out for deepening strategic dialogue with USA

Chisinau, 3 August /MOLDPRES/ - Moldova is interested in deepening the strategic dialogue with the USA. Prime Minister Valeriu Strelet made statements to this effect at a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Moldova James Pettit today, the government’s communication and media relations department has reported. 

The officials reviewed the priority subjects on the bilateral agenda and pointed out the cooperation priorities for developing the Moldovan-American ties in various sectors.

Strelet thanked the American partners for the constant support provided to Moldova, including for the valuable financial assistance. The prime minister spoke out for deepening the strategic dialogue with the USA, launched in Washington in 2014, which serves as a multidimensional platform of bilateral cooperation. In particular, Strelet referred to investment projects implemented in Moldova with the support of American partners. 

„We ascertain with satisfaction the beneficial effects of the implementation of the Compact Agreement of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and we evoke the increased interest in Moldova's inclusion as beneficiary country of the second Compact Programme. This is likely to contribute to enhancing the energy efficiency and security of Moldova,” Strelet specified.

For his part, James Pettit welcomed the creation of the Moldovan government and voiced openness for collaboration with Prime Minister Valeriu Strelet and the government. Pettit reiterated the USA’s support for continuing the implementation of the agenda of transformations assumed by Moldova, fighting corruption, society’s democratisation and economic reform.

Since 1992, the United States of America has provided Moldova with financial assistance worth about 1.2 billion dollars, of which 20.66 million dollars were provided by the American government in 2014.

(Editor L. Alcaza)