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Two weeks after a new commission was established via a presidential decree to draft and submit to Parliament a National Strategy on Fighting Corruption as well as an accompanying action plan, President Vladimir Voronin convened the Commission on a session. While reviewing “certain success” achieved in fighting corruption, President stressed the need to “consolidate interaction between all the state structures entrusted to fight corruption”. The President also indicated that the strategy needs to “outline viable principles of international co-operation and co-operation with civil society”, as well as provide for “a consolidation of the mechanisms for co-ordinating the activity of preventing and fighting corruption”.

Vladimir Voronin’s visit to Italy

Last week, President Voronin paid an official visit to Italy. During his meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the Two “considered various aspects of bilateral and multilateral co-operation, and expressed a mutual interest for extending the relations between the Republic of Moldova and Italy in various fields”. The press release reads, President Voronin “briefed Silvio Berlusconi on the social, political and economic situation of the Republic of Moldova, on the priorities of domestic and foreign policy”, but also referred to “the current state of negotiations on settling the Transdnistrian conflict, and of the Memorandum on the basic principles of the unified state structure, developed by the Russian Federation…”.

While once again reiterating Republic of Moldova’s interest to join European Union, to adhere to the stabilisation and association process and to the Co-operation Process in South-Eastern Europe, Vladimir Voronin was assured that Italy, in its capacity of a member of the informal Consultative Committee, was willing to be Moldova’s advocate in its European integration efforts.

Moldovan President also met Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, who endorsed his counterparts’ refusal to sign the Russian Memorandum, before the European Union was consulted on.

The same day, President Voronin met the President of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies Pier Ferdinando Casini. At issue was the labour force migration from Moldova to Italy, and the need to perfect the legal framework in both countries so as to protect the labour force and capital.

On this occasion, the parties signed a joint declaration reading that Italy appreciates as very positive the European integration efforts of the Republic of Moldova and undertakes to assist the co-operation between EU and Moldovan state, including within the framework of the “Wider Europe” initiative. The declaration goes on stressing Italy’s interest to open as soon as possible a Diplomatic Mission in Chisinau.

Moldovan President also met His Holiness John Paul II. During another meeting with Italian Minister of Justice, Roberto Castelli, Vladimir Voronin asked for assistance in adjusting Moldovan legislation to European standards and proposed to establish a joint commission to transfer Italian know-how in fighting corruption.

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