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Activity of the President on September 22 – October 5, 2003
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Yalta Summit
Several days after the CIS Summit in Yalta, when his statement that from now on Moldova would take firmer action towards the European Union was interpreted by domestic and foreign mass media as intention to break away from CIS, Vladimir Voronin declared that the press misinterpreted him. At the briefing on the results of his participation at the 58th UN General Assembly session, Vladimir Voronin indicated that Moldova could not give up its membership in CIS, even if SEA stood for the end of CIS modernization.
58th Session of the UN General Assembly
President Vladimir Voronin attended the 58th session of the UN General Assembly. In his speech delivered before the UN Assembly, President Voronin referred to the problems Moldova was confronted with and two top priorities of his governing, i.e. the first one, resolution of the Transdnistrian conflict and the second one, European integration. Noteworthy, Vladimir Voronin referred to federalization as the only viable solution for settling the Transdnistrian conflict. At the end of his speech, the President indicated that the number of permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council should be enlarged in view of a larger representation.
President Voronin also met Kofi Annan, General Secretary of UN; Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch Foreign Minister and Chairman-in-Office of OSCE; Colin Powell, US State Secretary; Javier Solana EU foreign and security policy chief, and Mark Brown, UNDP Administrator. Discussions during all the meetings, except that with Mark Brown where PRSP was at issue, centered around Transdnistrian conflict resolution and pledges of international organizations to support the conflict resolution process.
IV PACE Session
Another event President Voronin attended was PACE session. Addressing the Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe President Voronin referred to the constructive collaboration with the Council of Europe in settling the political crisis in Moldova. When talking about the 2002 political crisis and PACE Resolutions, President claimed his country fulfilled most of the recommendations. Vladimir Voronin informed the Assembly that Moldovan Government approved the Conception of European Integration of the Republic of Moldova, providing that federalization was the only way for the country re-integration.
Also in Strasbourg, Vladimir Voronin met Council of Europe Secretary General, Walter Schwimmer; PACE Chair, Peter Schieder; Council of Europe rapporteur on Moldova, Josette Durrieu; Chair of the European Court for Human Rights, Luzius Wildhaber, as well as experts of the Venice Commission. During the meetings President Voronin reiterated Moldova’s interest in European integration and indicated that one of the Moldovan Parliament’s priorities was to bring domestic laws in accordance with the European legislation. He also expressed his hope that in 2004–2007 Republic of Moldova would be accepted to the stabilization and association process. While talking about the outcomes and obstacles in the activity of Joint Constitutional Commission, President asked for the Council of Europe support in the resolution of the Transdnistrian conflict.
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