Foreign Affairs committee  You can come as observers to our parliamentary elections in November.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. Thank you so much to your colleagues for the interest and support. Interest means understanding, and understanding means support. It's extremely important to have this support because, indeed, the region is facing the same challenges and the same

Foreign Affairs committee  You may speak French if you wish.

Foreign Affairs committee  I will still answer in English though, if you don't mind.

Foreign Affairs committee  That is a very clear question. Until now, the Transnistria region of the Republic of Moldova did not have special members of Parliament representing this region. At the end of this year we'll have parliamentary elections. For the first time in history, we've adopted a new electo

Foreign Affairs committee  Forty-nine per cent will be party lists and 51% will be constituency voting. For the first time we have two new elements. First, the Transnistrian region of Moldova will have three members of Parliament voted from that region who will represent the interests of the region. We wo

Foreign Affairs committee  You're welcome.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you also. Very clearly, the main foreign policy priority of the Republic of Moldova is to join and become a member of the European Union. Second, I don't think we have to speak about any EU enlargement fatigue, because we have positive developments between the European Un

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for expressing your view. The Transnistria region is part of the Republic of Moldova because Moldova is a unitary sovereign state. No country in the world recognizes the statehood or the independence of this secessionist region. On the contrary, we now have excellent

Foreign Affairs committee  The Moldovan parliament supports the participation of Moldovan troops in peacekeeping operations in non-military actions, so there is full support for MOD from the parliament and the relevant committees. We have not registered any disagreement with relation to Moldovan neutrality

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Do you mean inviting the Prime Minister, or—?

Foreign Affairs committee  Every week, we have a so-called government hour. Based on the requests of MPs, certain ministers will come, depending on the topic, and, if necessary, the Prime minister will also participate. For example, recently, following the meeting May 3 meeting of the EU-Moldova Associatio

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Vice-Chair, for drawing this line of similarity between Moldova and Ukraine. According to our constitution, Moldova cannot join a military alliance, including NATO. However, we have excellent co-operation between the Republic of Moldova and NATO. A year

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you so much. Mr. Chair, vice-chairs, members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen, I am truly honoured to speak today before this esteemed committee, the foreign affairs committee, which is very dear to any minister of foreign affairs. Let me first and foremost express