Ludovic Orban: The Republic of Moldova’s Path to the EU Passes through Romania

Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban argues that the citizens of the Republic of Moldova should not be abandoned, regardless of who is temporarily in power. In his opinion, any requests for genuine democracy, any steps towards real integration of the Republic of Moldova into the European Union should be supported. And this is because, according to the Romanian Prime Minister, the reality is that the Republic of Moldova’s Path to the European Union passes through Romania, and this path must be followed with Romania’s support, ipn.md reported. “The relationship between Romania and the Republic of Moldova is extremely important to us. Unfortunately, the authorities that govern the Republic of Moldova today have raised a lot of questions and uncertainties regarding their real commitment to integration into the European Union, adherence to European values and principles, ensuring a true democracy and capitalist economy, a free economy. Therefore, all support efforts are made for the citizens of the Republic of Moldova. We must take into account one specific feature - in the Republic of Moldova there are hundreds of thousands citizens detaining Romanian citizenship,” Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said at the Black Sea and Balkans Security Forum. According to the Romanian Prime Minister, within the relations between Romania and the Republic of Moldova it is necessary to take into account the existing similarities, therefore, all the efforts that Romania is making are aimed at supporting the citizens of the Republic of Moldova, even when the government, the president or the authorities are trying to distance the Republic of Moldova and citizens of the Republic of Moldova from the European path ... “We had clear evidence in this regard, Transgaz, which is a company of the Romanian state, has practically completed the Iasi-Chisinau gas pipeline, providing an additional gas resource, an alternative resource to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova. In the pandemic, we mobilized important resources to support the medical system of the Republic of Moldova, to solve existing problems, providing the citizens of the Republic of Moldova with materials, equipment, doctors, nurses who traveled to the Republic of Moldova and protected the health of citizens of the Republic of Moldova,” Ludovic Orban said. According to him, at the level of cooperation between the local authorities of Romania and the local authorities of the Republic of Moldova, there are many ties, there are many projects. There are many localities in the Republic of Moldova supported by local authorities from Romania.