Moldovan PM meets Russian deputy premier

Chisinau, 6 July /MOLDPRES/ - Prime Minister Pavel Filip today met Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, on a two-day visit to Moldova, the government’s communication and media relations department has reported.    

The two officials tackled the latest developments concerning the main elements on the bilateral cooperation agenda.  

PM Pavel Filip hailed the meeting of the co-heads of the Moldovan-Russian joint inter-governmental commission for economic cooperation. He highlighted Moldova’s interest in boosting the trade and investment relations with Russian partners, and in particular, in the resumption of Moldovan goods’ export to the Russian market.     

An important subject of the meeting was the Transnistrian conflict settlement. In this context, the sides declared for further promoting the five-plus-two talks, and welcomed the recent resumption of the discussions in this format in Berlin.  

The sides also discussed aspects on cooperation in the migration sector, as well as in the cultural and humanitarian fields. The officials referred to the need to promote more governmental programmes on developing ties in these cooperation areas.   

(Editor L. Alcaza)