Moldovan foreign minister receives acting president of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

15:10 | 08.06.2016 Category: Official

Chisinau, 8 June /MOLDPRES/ - Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and European Integration Minister Andrei Galbur today received the acting president of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, the Foreign and European Integration Ministry’s information and media communication service has reported.

At the meeting, the two officials exchanged opinions on the cooperation between Moldova and IHRA, with special attention paid to promoting the goals concerning the cultivation of the memory of Holocaust and other crimes against the mankind.

Minister Andrei Galbur reiterated the Moldovan authorities’ firm determination to contribute to the achievement of the goals pursued by IHRA, in particular, through education programmes. Galbur expressed the interest of Moldova in taking over Romania’s experience in this field.

For his part, Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu welcomed the decision by the Moldovan authorities on establishing the date of 27 January as National Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked in Moldova for the first time in 2016. He also appreciated the country’s political will to closely cooperate with IHRA.

(Editor L. Alcaza)

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