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Romania-Moldova economic forum held in Chisinau

15:38 | 17.05.2022 Category: Economic

Chisinau, 17 May /MOLDPRES/ - The Embassy of Romania in Moldova, along with the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Tourism of Romania and the Association of Investors from Romania and Moldova (AIR) organized the Romania-Moldova Economic Forum in Chisinau today. The event was dedicated to the promotion of commercial exchanges, tourism and investment sector, through boosting the dialogue between business people from the two states.  

„We have a practically perfect commercial relation with Romania, with exports of 833 million dollars and imports worth 829 million dollars. This is the parity which is pursued by all trade partners when establishing international relations. Romania remains our key partner, as over 16 per cent of Moldova’s commerce, both in export and in import, is made with the neighbor country. In the most difficult times, Romania was with us, being the most important economic partner,’’ Economics Minister Sergiu Gaibu said at the event.  

According to the official, Romania has over 1,500 investors in Moldova. ‘’Romania is the second investor in our country, according to the volume of capital invested, worth over six billion lei. We welcome, in continuation, such an approach and a rapprochement of Romanian investments in Moldova,’’ Sergiu Gaibu noted.  

For his part, a state secretary at the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Tourism, Angel Calin, expressed support on behalf of the ministry he represents, as well as of the Romanian government for the economic activities in Moldova.

„No matter the difficulties which we face now, following the Covid and the war, which is so near, we want to strengthen through our presence the support which we provide to all those who try and manage to develop the relations between us,’’ Angel Calin said.  

Moldova ranks 34th on top of foreign investors in Romania and there are 6,644 joint ventures with participation of capital from Moldova registered in Romania, with an overall capital invested of 62.6 million dollars. Romania is the first commercial partner of Moldova. In late 2021, the bilateral trade reached a record of 2.4 billion dollars and the Romanian export stood at 1.5 billion dollars.   

 

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