Moldovan delegation to pay study visit to Israel

12:52 | 20.02.2017 Category: Economic

Chisinau, 20 February /MOLDPRES/ - A delegation of Moldova, led by the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sergiu Harea, pays a study visit to the State of Israel on 19-25 February. The visit’s goal is to take over good practices for the reintegration and repatriation of migrants, within the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Migration and Local Development Project.

The CCI press service said that, in the context of the visit, Sergiu Harea today had a meeting with the president of the Federation of the Israeli Chambers of Commerce, Uriel Lynn. The sides discussed aspects of the economic cooperation between the two states, as well as boosting the inter-chamber collaboration.

Sergiu Harea invited economic agents from Israel to participate in an International Economic Conference, due within the Moldova Business Week in Balti on 7 June 2017. Also, Harea informed his Israel counterpart about CCI’s intention to organize an economic mission in Israel till late 2017.

For his part, Uriel Lynn appreciated the work of Moldova’s CCI, stressing that economic agents from Israel would be present at the event due in next June. At the same time, the president of the Federation of the Israeli Chambers of Commerce gave assurances that he would organize an economic mission of Israeli business people at the Fabricat in Moldova (Made in Moldova) National Exhibition, due in 2018.

Under the agenda, Moldova’s delegation will have meetings at more institutions from Israel, to take over good practices on migration and national reintegration of migrants who return to Moldova.

Data by the National Statistics Bureau (BNS) shows that the foreign trade between Moldova and Israel in 2016 stood at about 19 million dollars, dropping by 37.7 per cent against the year before. On the same period, the export of goods was estimated at 7.7 million dollars, rising about 3.4-fold against 2015. In 2016, the import of goods from Israel amounted to 11.3 million dollars, recording a significant 60-per cent decrease against the previous year.

(Reporter A. Mardare, editor M. Jantovan)

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