Sandu Cabinet Accounts for 99% of All Foreign Aid for 11 Months of 2019

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For 11 months of 2019, loans and grants from international financial institutions for a total of about 2.13 billion lei were received on currency accounts of the Ministry of Finance opened with the National Bank of Moldova. The data from the Ministry of Finance show that more than 99% of this assistance came to its accounts under the government led by Maia Sandu and only 0.7% under Filip government, mold-street.com reports. This confirms the decisive role of the Maia Sandu government in deblocking foreign aid.   Grants that were provided by the European Commission account for 58% of this assistance, and if we take into account its loans, the share of this institution in external assistance allocated to our state amounted to 76% for 11 months of 2019. What assistance was provided to the government during the month and a half of 2019 under Ion Chicu will become known only at the end of January 2020. Below is the cost of assistance, the source and the date when the money arrived in the currency accounts of the Ministry of Finance in the NBM. Loans: April 4, 2019 - a loan of $ 0.9 million (15.6 million lei) from IDA (Health Care Reform); September 24, 2019 - $ 18.4 million (324.9 million lei) credit from the International Monetary Fund; September 30, 2019 - a loan of $ 9.1 million (162.1 million lei) from the International Monetary Fund; October 18, 2019 - a loan from the European Commission in the amount of 19.8 million Euros (384.1 million lei) (macro-financial assistance); November 13, 2019 - a loan of $ 0.4 million (7.8 million lei) from IDA (Health Care Reform). Total - 28.8 million dollars (510.4 million lei) and 19.8 million Euros (384.1 million lei). Grants: July 26, 2019 - a grant of the European Commission in the amount of 4.9 million Euros (95.9 million lei); July 26, 2019 - a grant from the European Commission in the amount of 5 million Euros (98.7 million lei) (DCFTA Free Trade Area in the Republic of Moldova); July 26, 2019 - grant in the amount of 4.6 million Euros (90.1 million lei) from the European Commission (professional education); October 24, 2019 - a grant of 6.5 million Euros (125.5 million lei) from the European Commission (reform in the field of public finances); October 24, 2019 - a grant of the European Commission in the amount of 6.9 million Euros (132.3 million lei) (police reform); October 24, 2019 - a grant of 1.0 million Euros (19.3 million lei) from the European Commission (energy reform); November 7, 2019 - a grant from the European Commission in the amount of 17.1 million Euros (330.2 million lei) (reform of the agricultural sector); November 7, 2019 - a grant of the European Commission in the amount of 7.8 million Euros (149.7 million lei) (police reform); November 8, 2019 - a grant of 10 million Euros (193 million lei) from the European Commission (macro-financial assistance); The total cost of the grants amounted to 63.8 million Euros (1234.7 million lei).