Moldovan president has meeting with heads of biggest networks of food products' trade

Chisinau, 31 March /MOLDPRES/ - President Igor Dodon today had a meeting with the heads of the biggest networks of trade of food products from Moldova, such as Metro, Kaufland Moldova, Green Hills Market, Fidesco, Fourchette, 47TH Parallel, Vistarcom and Moldretail Group. Attending the event was the leadership of the Interior Ministry, Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment Ministry, Economics and Infrastructure Ministry, the presidential press service has reported.     

The sides tackled three basic subjects: the supply of shops with food products and goods, prices’ problem, implementation by the trade networks of security measures, in the context of the new-type coronavirus.  

After all opinions had been set forth, the participants in the meeting found out that there were no hindrances to residents’ supply with the needed foodstuffs, as each network analyzes the dynamic of the transactions for the last months and provides the stocks of goods in the necessary volume.   

At the same time, those present at the meeting gave assurances that the trade networks were not intending to increase the prices for goods; this is done, only if there are certain objective economic reasons, such as the increase in prices by the producer, increase of tariffs for transport, exchange rate’s fluctuation, etc.   

At the same time, the participants in the meeting noted that the trade networks were implementing the instructions by the National Commission for Emergency Situations as regards the compulsory observance of the norms for preventing the spread of the COVID-19 infection. Thus, measures are undertaken to provide the shops with disinfectants, protection masks, gloves and buyers are guided to observe the social distance of at least metre.   

Igor Dodon said that Moldova’s authorities were paying special attention to the compliant work of this important sector, so that the citizens are supplied with the needed food products, at reasonable prices.  

Also, the Moldovan president stressed that the country’s leadership was willing to cooperate constructively, in order to successfully overcome the problems which can emerge in the concerned field.