The Russian Foreign Ministry assessed the state and prospects of Moldovan-Russian relations

After a peaceful change of power in Moldova in 2019 and the formation of a new ruling coalition, significant progress has taken place in Russian-Moldovan relations. The second half of last year was marked by an unprecedented dynamic of contacts at various levels and important events between our countries. Just as before, the presidents set the tone. In a bilateral format and on the sidelines of multilateral events, Vladimir Putin and Igor Dodon met 6 times during the year, noi.md reports This stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, answering questions within the press conference on Russian diplomacyactivities results in 2019, one of which concerned assessing the state and prospects of Moldovan-Russian relations. The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that the new technocratic Moldovan government of the socialists, approved in November 2019, indicates the desire to further intensify the diverse Russian-Moldovan interaction. Favorable prerequisites for this were laid by the visit of the Prime Minister of Moldova to Moscow after a long break, the first since 2012. A series of intergovernmental and inter-parliamentary contacts and negotiations between the foreign ministers took place. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation also noted with satisfaction the turn of Chisinau towards the practical development of the observant status of Moldova in the EAEU, and more active involvement in the activities of the CIS. In the field of trade and economic cooperation, important decisions were made following the meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation and the 2nd Russian-Moldovan Business Forum, which resumed its work after a long break. “There are good prerequisites for the ongoing development of pragmatic mutually beneficial Russian-Moldovan cooperation in the trade, economic, humanitarian and other fields,” the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized.