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Foreign Affairs on May 31 – June 13, 2004

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The Republic of Moldova-EU Action Plan

On 4 June, two months and a half later than initially planned, the third, final round of talks on the Republic of Moldova-EU Action Plan was concluded in Chisinau. According to the Media Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, consultations were held in four working groups: “Political dialogue and regional cooperation”, “Economic development”, “Infrastructure, education and the environment” and “Justice and home affairs”.

According to the same source, “on 15 June 2004, during which period the political aspects of the Plan will continue to be considered in Brussels, the European experts will forward to Chisinau the written agreements reached”, so that the document is officially approved at a later stage.

Until now little information has been disclosed regarding the contents of the document. This is due to the relatively poor coverage in the media of the character and contents of talks carried out, which fact speaks for limited transparency on behalf of the Moldovan authorities in this subject and/or the for the fact that the subject of the Moldova-EU Action Plan is not one of particular interest to the local press.

Moldovan-Slovene Relations

On 9–10 June, a delegation of Moldovan dignitaries, headed by President Vladimir Voronin, paid an official visit to Slovenia. During the visit, the Moldovan President had meetings with his Slovene counterpart, Janez Drnovsek, the Slovene Prime Minister, Anton Rop, the Speakers of both chambers of the Slovene Parliament, Borut Pahor and Janez Susnik, and the mayor of Ljubljana, Danica Simsic.

Most Slovene officials ensured the Moldovan delegation that Slovenia will support Moldova’s efforts at European integration, as well as those channelled towards the resolution of the Transnistrian conflict, all the more so that in 2005 Slovenia will hold for half a year the chairmanship of the OSCE.

The reunion in plenum of the Moldovan and Slovenian delegations was followed by the signature by the two Foreign Ministers of the Agreement on Developing Cooperation between the Moldovan and Slovene Governments.

May 10–30, 2004 June 14–27, 2004