Moldovan PM starts dialogue with business environment in 2023 by meeting with Foreign Investors Association

Chisinau, 10 January /MOLDPRES/ - Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita today met members of the Foreign Investors Association (FIA). The sides discussed possibilities of improving the business environment, developing businesses and increasing the number of jobs,’’ the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.  

„The cabinet launched multiple instruments of backing the private sector, in order to overcome the impact of the crises; yet, our effort to preserve the jobs must be triple. In the second half of this year, we forecast the return of the Moldovan economy to growth; yet, the war in Ukraine stays a factor of major uncertainty,’’ Natalia Gavrilita said. The PM showed interest in how the instruments of supporting the business environment are implemented and answered questions by business people.        

„The quality of the crisis management from the last year exceeded the expectations and deserves our respect. The government has managed to overcome more overlapped crises, the security, energy ones, etc.,’’ the president of the Foreign Investors Association, Alexander Koss, said. He welcomed the cabinet’s openness for the business environment, giving as example the fact that about 75 per cent of FIA’s proposals, included in the last edition of the White Book, have been already fulfilled or are carried out. The White Book is a booklet edited once in two years, which comprises recommendations for improving the business environment from Moldova.        

In the discussion with the FIA members, the prime minister tackled a string of systemic issues, with impact on the companies working in Moldova, including the provisions of the fiscal and customs policy for 2023, the state of things in the agricultural sector, initiatives launched in the telecommunications sector, labour force market, negotiation of new free trade agreements, renewable energy, interaction with the fiscal bodies, extended responsibility of producers in the development of an universal system of warehouse for packing, as well as of the waste management system, other subjects.        

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