Dutch foreign minister says EU willing to provide Moldova with assistance for reforms

Chisinau, 1 June /MOLDPRES/ - The European Union is willing to provide assistance to carry out the reforms in Moldova. Foreign Affairs Minister of the Netherlands Bert Koenders made statements to this effect following a meeting with his Moldovan counterpart Andrei Galbur.

At the meeting, the two officials discussed the reformation of justice, fighting corruption, problems of the financial and banking sector, human rights protection, as well as Moldova’s economic development.

‘’I paid increased attention to the agenda of implementation of the Association Agreement, means of stabilizing the situation in the country and the cooperation relations between the Netherlands and Moldova. I noted that it is very important that both the trust of the citizens and of EU be restored, as we are everybody  expecting concrete deeds and results,’’ Bert Koenders said.  

Foreign and European Integration Minister Andrei Galbur said that he ‘’set forth the actions undertaken by the Moldovan leadership for promotion of the reforms’ agenda, presently being implemented about 57 per cent of them. We still have time till 31 July and we hope that we will manage to fulfill the set of priority actions,’’ Andrei Galbur said.   

‘’We also spoke about the need to boost our economic cooperation, as Netherlands is one of the most important trade partners of Moldova. An important subject was also the present stage in terms of the peaceful settlement of the Transnistrian conflict, regional situation, our relations with the neighbours – Ukraine, Romania, as well as Russia,’’ Galbur added.

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders paid a working visit to Chisinau today, within which he had meetings with Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu and Prime Minister Pavel Filip.  

(Reporter A. Plitoc, editor A. Răileanu)