Moldovan president says has all needed powers to sign international treaties

Chisinau, 16 May /MOLDPRES/ - President Igor Dodon said that he had all needed powers to sign international treaties. According to the official, he has this right under the Constitution.   

Dodon made statements to this effect at a news conference today. The head of state said that, in accordance with Moldova’s Constitution, the president is clearly nominated to hold negotiations and sign treaties on behalf of Moldova, without the agreement of the full representatives of the state power. Due to the office, heads of state do not need special powers to sign international agreements, especially as the treaty which sees that Moldova got the status of observer in the Eurasian Union does not stipulate that the act needs to be ratified by the parliament,” Dodon said.    

“Through this document, we are set to get beneficial results for Moldova in three directions: sales market (export), migration policy towards the citizens who work in the member countries of the Eurasian Union and the energy resources sector. These are three principal directions and our expectations from the status of observer. Both in Moscow and in Brussels, both with the partners from Russia, and those from EU and the USA, we want a balance in the foreign relations. We will be friends with everybody, but we will also proceed from our national interest. At the same time, this treaty does not influence the Association Agreement with EU and does not mean that Moldova will be a member of the Eurasian Union,” Dodon noted.     

Following the announcement by President Igor Dodon, alleging that Moldova got the status of observer in the Eurasian Economic Union, Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu said that “the agreements dealing with the foreign policy and the country’s commitments in relation with other states must be approved by Moldova’s parliament and government; otherwise, they are null.” Candu specified that “nether the government nor the parliament submitted applications to the Eurasian Economic Union and have not asked for any clear-cut status under law.”  

During a recent visit to Sochi, President Igor Dodon said that Moldova had been accepted as observer within the Eurasian Economic Union. The head of state signed a treaty to this effect in April 2017.

(Reporter A. Ciobanu, editor M. Jantovan)