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Allegations made by Moldovan representative to CE, Alexei Tulbure, with regard to Romania have had the first impact. Romanian Cabinet of Ministers responded to the accusations of not consulting with their Moldovan counterparts on assistance projects conducted on its soil by shutting down the Fund responsible for liaison with Republic of Moldova. Suspension shall not refer to funds allotted prior to October 27, which shall be spent by the end of the year in compliance with the contracts signed. Under those circumstances, Moldovan authorities demanded Romania to provide them with a list of non-governmental organizations, natural entities beneficiaries of the said fund.

IV Reunion of Republic of Moldova — EU Cooperation Committee

The EU euphoria brought up by the presentation of Conception on European Integration in Brussels and backed up by the optimistic declarations of Polish President, has rapidly cooled down when Gherhard Lohan, representative of the General Directorate for Foreign Relations of the European Commission and co-chair of the Republic of Moldova — EU Cooperation Committee clearly stated that “at the moment Brussels does not envisage Republic of Moldova joining the Stabilisation and Association Process”. He added that the issue was not on Brussels agenda as “at the moment Republic of Moldova is not viewed as a candidate for EU membership”, a necessary step in accession process. Gherhard Lohan claimed there were plenty opportunities for cooperation between EU and its future neighbor Republic of Moldova.

Once several Moldovan officials, among others Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev and Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Stratan reiterated Republic of Moldova commitment to join EU, Mr. Lohan indicated that EU might sign a new agreement with Moldova. This provided Partnership and Cooperation Agreement would be enforced, supposedly by 2007. Until then Chisinau would have to make concrete steps towards EU accession, enforce the said agreement and fully exploit the opportunities it would have as a future EU neighbor.

As Gherhard Lohan represents the European Commission, most likely EU’s Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen due to visit Moldova on December 5 would once again reiterate the same reserved but realistic message — for now we don’t deserve anything better.

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