Moldovan top leadership holds new meeting

Chisinau, 20 July /MOLDPRES/ - Prime Minister Ion Chicu today participated in a new meeting with the Moldovan president and parliament speaker. The officials tackled the present social and economic situation, as well as the epidemiological one, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.  

In the beginning of his press statements, the PM informed that a decision would be taken today on whether the motion of censure against the cabinet is discussed in parliament or not. ‘’If the government falls and will have a status of acting one, its powers will be significantly diminished, which means that, on next Wednesday, we will not be able to sign the agreement on assistance with EU worth 100 million euros, we will not be able to sign the Memorandum with IMF, which is in the final stage of negotiation, etc.’’   

Ion Chicu referred to the results of his visit to Minsk, from the summit of the PMs of the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. The discussions’ agenda included exclusively economic subjects, based on the deepening of the commercial relations. The Belarusian side showed interest in coming to Moldova and developing industrial enterprises. At the same time, at a meeting with Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin, the Russian side said that it was willing to re-launch the negotiations on the signing of the agreement on loan worth 200 million dollars.   

The prime minister said that the signing of the agreement on macro-financial assistance on behalf of EU was scheduled for 22 July. The talks with IMF on the signing of a new cooperation programme are to be completed this week too. The Moldovan side will accept no conditions providing for the increase in taxes or prices.   

The evolution of the epidemiological situation in Moldova is decreasing; yet, in the world, it remains worrying. Moldova’s authorities continue to be focused on combating the spread of the COVID-19 infection. A meeting of the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission will be held in the end of this week, to discuss the actions needed after 1 August 2020.