Moldovan deputy prime minister makes speech at Slovenian strategic forum

Chisinau, 05 September /MOLDPRES/ – Deputy Prime Minister, Andrei Galbur, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, participated as a speaker at panel: The European Union in a Changed World within the margins of the 12th edition of the Bled Strategic Forum (Slovenia), the Foreign and European Integration Ministry’s information and media communication service has reported.

During the debates, attended by senior EU officials, including the European Commissioner for Transport and the Foreign Ministers of Romania and Bulgaria, the Ministers for European Affairs of France and Montenegro, there were examined challenges facing the EU and the entire European continent and how partner states have been able help to overcome them.

"The European integration is our strategic option and when we ask ourselves if it is a better model than the EU for Moldova and the welfare of its citizens, the answer is every time – no. We are firmly convinced that the EU remains the actor with the most influential power of transformation on our continent and the first place where it can lead to a real change of the situation is its neighbourhood," said the head of the Moldovan diplomacy in his speech.

The Bled Strategic Forum, launched in 2006, is a project of the Government of Slovenia, jointly organized by the Slovenian Foreign Ministry and the European Perspective Centre, being set up as an yearly meeting of relevance with prestigious high-level, both in public administration and in private sector. The Forum provides the platform for debating regional and global topical issues, becoming representative of Central and South-Eastern Europe.