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Foreign Affairs on January 17–30, 2005
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e-journal #45 |
“Two countries — one nation”
One of the most important events that happened during the reporting period was the official visit paid by the new Romanian President Traian Basescu to Chisinau on January 21. High on the agenda were meetings with the Moldovan President, Prime-Minister, Speaker of the Parliament, leaders of the parliamentary factions, Chisinau Mayor and representatives of civil society.
During the visit, which was the first official visit paid by the newly elected Romanian President, the parties signed a Joint Declaration of the Two Presidents[1], which refers to the importance of capitalizing on the potential of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in view of promoting international standards and European values, consolidating European and regional security, as well as bolstering the relations between the two countries in various fields, including trade, humanitarian and cultural ones.
It is worth citing come of the statements made by Train Basescu:
- “Moldova is one of the priorities in Romanian foreign policy;
- Romania would be the strongest advocate for the Republic of Moldova’s progress to the West;
- /…/ We would not allow Moldova to be blackmailed with electricity. We decided to provide electricity to Moldova and talk on the price in the summer, now we have to help Moldova and we will do so every time anyone would dare think they may push Moldova in dire straights as long as it has a friend at its borders. I would like to assure Republic of Moldova, that no matter what problems it would face, it better call Bucharest first. I assure you there wouldn’t be another country that would respond faster to Moldova’s needs …;
- /…/ We expect from Moldova that elections would be free and fair, bearing a clear European message, which would be the main tool used by Romania in supporting Moldova on its way to European integration;
- /…/ Romania’s accession to EU /…/ would be incomplete as long as Republic of Moldova would not be there”.
- ↑ Joint Declaration of the President of the Republic of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin and Romanian President Traian Basescu, Moldova suverana no. 11–12 (20648–20649), January 25, 2005, pg. 1
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