Activity of the President on October 16–31, 2006

Decrees

Moldovan president has signed two decrees on recalling Mihail Laur from the post of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova in Ukraine and on appointment in this post of Sergiu Stati.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Meeting with representative of the U.S. Department of State

The chief of state has received the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state, David Kramer, and discussed the results of recent Odessa consultations. Kramer said that the strong and unanimous support of mediators — Ukraine, Russia, the OSCE — and observers — the European Union and the United States — for the idea that the conflict must be settled with respect for principle of territorial integrity of Moldova in the Transnistrian settlement process. President Vladimir Voronin highly appreciated this diplomatic success, outlining the importance of a single stance of mediators and observers on possibility of settlement of the Transnistrian conflict by working out a fair status for this region on basis of principle of territorial integrity of Moldova only.

Regional development in Moldova

A presidency-held sitting has discussed the economic and social development of the country in light of territorial development. The minister of local public administration reported the positive experience of European countries in the field and first actions taken to create a legislative and institutional framework needed to apply regional development tools (draft law on regional development). The Moldovan president highlighted the importance of establishing the development regions on basis of unity of conditions and active participation of local public bodies in the process of establishing joint projects. Participants in the sitting supported the examined draft law, which will be finalised and delivered to the Parliament for debates.

Consequences of Romania’s accession to E.U.

Moldova’s president has convoked decision makers of financial-economic ministries and structures and discussed eventual consequences of Romania’s accession to the European Union (E.U.) on Moldova. A special attention was paid to year 2007, when Moldova expects an agreement on asymmetrical trade with the E.U., with the chief of state warning over the need of a deeper analysis of possible consequences for consumption market in Moldova.

New recommendations on capital’s development

A sitting on enlargement and development of the Chisinau municipality has discussed the creation of new districts in the capital, accordingly to the priority development concept of Chisinau. Chisinau City Hall specialists recommend the creation of new districts in suburbs of the city (Budesti — 2 and Stauceni areas). The chief of state who chaired the sitting outlined the importance of establishing some clear conditions and mechanisms for distribution of fields and assessment of the price of land allocated for constructions, asking the Government to revise all legislative acts in the field and to modify them if needed be.

Natural reserves

The presidential administration has held a sitting on development and extension of state natural reserves, with the participation of governmental factors and specialists in the field. According to available data, only 2 percent of forests in Moldova have a status of state natural reserves, which is 5–6-fold less than in other European countries. Vladimir Voronin described the elaboration and presentation within two months of initiatives on development of state natural resources as opportune, outlining that the adequate protection of areas with scientific, historical and cultural value could be united with the use of possibilities of development of entertainment areas, hunting households.

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