Moldovan acting premier visits Giurgiulesti international port

Chisinau, 20 November /MOLDPRES/ - Acting Prime Minister Gheorghe Brega paid a working visit to the Giurgiulesti International Free Port, (PILG) southern Moldova, on 19 November afternoon, the government's communication and media relations department has reported.

With a status of free economic zone, PILG is the only direct point of distributing and transportation to and from Moldova, which provides access to the land, railway, river and sea communication lines. A meeting took place at the headquarters of the Danube Logistics company, - the manager of the Free Economic Zone (FEZ) Giurgiulesti. Attending the event were acting Transport and Roads Infrastructure Minister Iurie Chirinciuc, representatives of the Economics Ministry, as well as the leadership of the Danube Logistics company.

The director-general of the aforementioned company, Thomas Moser, unveiled a report on the work of FEZ-Giurgiulesti, evolution of exports and imports through the transport infrastructure of PILG. According to the presented data, FEZ-Giurgiulesti has 43 residents, 466 employees, and the investments amount to 60 million dollars. The participants in the meeting also considered subjects on cooperation with the Moldovan government, in order to develop FEZ-Giurgiulesti, among which: restoration of the Giurgiulesti-Chisinau highway and railways, water supply and other aspects.

The participants in the meeting also tackled the issue of extending the area adjacent to the Prut river. According to the Danube Logistics company, under an agreement with the Moldovan government, the area of the Port is to be extended by 65 hectares. Gheorghe Brega showed interest, in particular, in the the purchasing of lands from private owners and observing their interests, as well as in the lawfulness of the leasing of a plot of land on the adjacent territory. At the same time, the acting prime minister brought up for discussion risks of the monopolisation of the exports in cereals and vegetable oils in this economic zone, and demanded a report on the matter.

The visit ended with an inspection of the port installations, among which the cereal terminal, the oil products terminal, as well as the one of vegetable oils and goods in bulk.

(Editor A. Raileanu)