Moldovan president starts official visit to Russia

Chisinau, 16 January /MOLDPRES/- President Igor Dodon started his first official visit to Moscow, Russia, in order to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

The delegation is made up of leader of Socialists Zinaida Grecianii, president’s advisor on foreign relations Andrei Neguta, bashkan of Gagauzia Irina Vlah, president’s advisor on reintegration Vasili Sova, president’s political advisor, spokesman Ion Ceban etc.

Dodon announced “the visit will comprise a fairly consistent agenda. More activities are scheduled. Among them are meetings with Chairperson of the Council of the Federation Valentina Matvienko, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission Board Tigran Sargsyan and Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Kirill”.

Also, the Moldovan delegation will lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, will have meetings with students and teachers of Moscow State Institute of International Relations, as well as with Moldovans working in Russia. “I agreed to meet my good friends – chairman of the Administrative Council of Gazprom company Aleksey Miller, former Minister for Trade and Economic Development of Russia German Gref, as well as former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov”, Dodon pointed out.

The last official visit to Moscow as president was paid by Vladimir Voronin in 2008.

(Reporter A. Plitoc, editor L. Alcază)