Moldova President Maya Sanda Following Ukraine intends to submit an application for joining the European Union in the near future. This was announced on Thursday on the air of public television of the Republic Chairman of Parliament Igor Grosu, commenting on the negotiations, which were held on the eve of the Chisinau Supreme Representative on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel and the European Commissioner on Enlargement and Neighborhood Policies Oliver Warheli, writes TASS.
“This request will be filed, after a very short time the president will perform and make the details. In conversations with the Supreme Commissioner, I very clearly said that, voting in the last parliamentary and presidential elections, the vast majority of citizens chose European integration. And by their behavior in For the last days we have shown yourself and others that we are tuned by pro-European. We can support, we can come to the rescue, we can be ready and well organized. We firmly believe that the Republic of Moldova deserves a very clear European perspective, “said Grosu.
At the briefing, on the basis of negotiations with Borrele, Sanda stated that the events in Ukraine prompted the authorities to speed up the process of European integration, noting that this would provide the country in security and economic development. For its part, European officials promised to allocate assistance in € 20 million Moldova, which took tens of thousands of refugees these days from Ukraine. Chisinau also promised to help in providing energy security, the importance of information struggle was noted.
Moldavian journalists asked a few questions about the prospects for the possible application of the application for the entry of the republic to the EU following the example of Ukraine. Borrel ignored them, and Warheli made it clear that this step would be premature.