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Moldovan diplomacy head has meeting with French counterpart

12:54 | 14.05.2022 Category: Official

Chisinau, 14 May /MOLDPRES/ - Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Nicu Popescu has discussed with Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Yves Le Drian the recent developments in the region, in the wake of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, as well as the social and economic impact on Moldova, on the sidelines of the G7 ministerial meeting.  

According to the Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ministry’s (MAEIE) press service, at the meeting, Minister Nicu Popescu thanked his French counterpart for the co-organization of the Moldova Support Platform, recently held in Berlin, for the assistance provided by France in last March for the management of refugees’ crisis, through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, as well as for the decision on the relocation of 2,500 refugees. The aid was made up of over 40 tons of materials needed for refugees’ accommodation.   

„I reiterated that Moldova wants a deeper cooperation with EU, in order to cope with the crisis situations, improve the national economy and modernize the local communities, according to the European standards,’’ the Moldovan diplomacy head noted.  

At the same time, the officials exchanged opinions on the advancement of the bilateral cooperation in the field of investments’ attraction, digitalization and optimizing the public service, cyber security. The sides highlighted the results of the first contacts established by competent institutions from Moldova with the ones from France. In the context, the interlocutors agreed on the advancement as to the carrying out of the project on renovation of the Chisinau-Ungheni railway by a consortium of French companies.  

For the benefit of the Diaspora, the two diplomacy heads agreed on boosting joint actions for concluding a bilateral agreement on the cutting of the international roaming tariffs.

Photo: MAEIE

 

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