Loading ...The Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) reports in a press release that Moldova’s Deputy Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Anderi Popov had conversations with Romanian State Secretary for European Affairs Bogdan Mazuru and State Secretary for Strategic Affairs Bogdan Aurescu.
The officials are said to have discussed topical issues in the relation between the European Union and Moldova, including ongoing negotiations over an association agreement between the European Union and Moldova and a planned opening of dialogue on the liberalisation of the visa regime.
MAE says Moldova’s European vocation was reconfirmed as well as Romania’s support for clear prospects for Moldova’s accession to the EU. The two parties are said to have approached in a constructive and pragmatic manner bilateral cooperation, including in the area of justice.
They agreed that the best practical solutions have to be sought and applied for the implementation of the agreement between Romania and Moldova concerning small border traffic.
The Romanian and Moldovan foreign affairs officials also agreed to hold consultations more often and tackle a wider range of issues, with emphasis on European issues, the developments in the international and regional organisations, as well as on prolonged conflicts.
Moldova’s Prime Minister Vlad Filat is quoted as having requested his Cabinet to discuss with Romanian foreign affairs officials the simplification of the requirements for issuing small border traffic permits, after on Wednesday he made a surprise visit at the Romanian Consulate, where he is said to have talked with the staff and people who were displeased by what they say are high requirements for getting the permits.
Since March 1, the Consular Office of Romania’s Embassy in Chisinau has been receiving the applications for small border traffic permits that allow Moldovan nationals to travel to the border area between Moldova and Romania without a visa.
The agreement on small border traffic between Romania and Moldova, under which Moldovan nationals living in or near the border area may travel to Romania without a visa, came into force on February 26, 2010.
Qualifying for the provisions of the agreement are nearly 1,250,000 Moldovan citizens that live within 30 km of the border. The agreement was initialled by the Romanian Government and Moldovan Government on November 13, 2009. Its main provision says that Moldovan nationals having legally lived for at least one year in a locality that is 30 km away from the common border between Romania and Moldova are allowed to enter and stay in the border area for three months in a row.
The agreement is important particularly to Moldovans, who this way may enter Romania without a visa, only by producing a passport and a small border traffic permit, which is issued free of charge by the Romanian consular offices and is valid for two to five years.
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