During the plenary debates, Titus Corlatean, chairman of the Foreign Policy Commission, a senator of the opposition Social Democratic Party, explained that this Agreement, the first bilateral settlement since the setting up of a democratic regime in Chisinau, is a ‘political signal,’ which Romania sends both concerning its relationship with Moldova and with the European Union.
‘It is a political signal which renders the message that the Government and the Romanian State have to take action in the years to come in order to reach some objectives, such as the continuous support provided to the Republic of Moldova for its EU accession, as well as a close relationship between Romania and Moldova … We have a common future in the European Union and I really do believe this.
That is why we have to work permanently and as democratically as possible,’ declared the senator. The two countries’ Prime Ministers, Emil Boc and Vlad Filat, signed the Agreement in Bucharest, on November 13, and the Treaty ratifying the Agreement was unanimously adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday evening.
The draft law aims at opening three new border checkpoints and regulating the residence status in Romania at the frontier areas for the two countries’ citizens. Under this Agreement, the citizens of the two countries living in villages and cities situated up to 30 km away from the border may enter the neighbouring country easily. Actually, only Moldovan citizens will benefit from its provisions, as Romanians may enter the Republic of Moldova without visas.
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