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CIS Summit

On September 15–16, CIS Summit was held in Astana. Moldovan delegation was headed by Prime-Minister Tarlev, while President Voronin’s refusal to attend the event rose some eyebrows in the society. President Voronin and Turkmen President were the ones who did not show up at the reunion. As it was to be expected, Prime-Minister Tarlev criticized the state of affairs in CIS which “failed to become an efficient mechanism ensuring mutually advantageous partnership and bringing nations and countries together”. In this respect, Tarlev stated “so far CIS agreements on free trade are not fully enforced, as is the agreement on adjusting economic law and coordination in economic spheres” and pointed to the fact that the potential of CIS countries in this respect was not fully exploited. Consequently, Moldovan Prime-Minister complained about numerous tariff and non-tariff barriers in bilateral trade, failure to honour economic obligations and lack of efficient system of payments within CIS.

Prime-Minister Tarlev recommended speeding up enforcement of documents already signed and joining efforts to abolish bureaucratic and trade barriers. According to Tarlev this might be done by adopting WTO standards in CIS.

General impression of the Astana Summit is that CIS has turned into a political debate club, useful solely for the sake of debate, but completely useless when it comes to economy and trade. For that particular reason, Moldova should turn towards EU, which is more efficient in economic and trade terms. At the same time, Moldova may preserve its Eastern markets by means of bilateral relations, without being part of CIS.

As was the case of informal CIS Summit held in Moscow in July 2004, a Declaration to OSCE was adopted. It reiterates the need for all OSCE member states to ratify Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, for OSCE to get involved in fighting terrorism, and recommends OSCE to “constructively” take part in the settlement of the regional conflicts within the existing negotiation format and mechanisms. Although President Voronin mentioned on numerous occasions that the existing negotiation format on Transdnistrian conflict should be revised, Moldova subscribed to the Declaration.

GUUAM

Shortly after Moldovan Government endorsed the draft law on ratifying Agreement on Free Economic Zones in GUUAM countries, on September 23 a delegation of Moldovan Parliament headed by Deputy Speaker Mihail Camerzan attended the founding session of the GUUAM Parliamentary Assembly. The documents and regulation were signed by Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Founding documents provide that Parliamentary Assembly would contribute to perfecting legal framework regulating trade, culture, and political sphere; to enforcing the decisions of the head of states members of GUUAM; to consolidating and developing democratic institutions in the region. The same documents provide that Assembly shall convene once a year and that a Bureau shall be established consisting of three specialised committees, i.e. political-legal, trade, and cultural-humanitarian.

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