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IASI-CHISINAU GAS PIPELINE TO BE OPERATIONAL BY SPRING 2020 – ROMANIAN MINISTER
The Iasi-Chisinau gas pipeline will be 100% operational by spring 2020, stated Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Ramona Manescu, who is making her first official visit to Chisinau.
She said at a briefing on Wednesday that this project is very important in the context of strategic partnership between the two countries.
“Today this issue is relevant as never before, as already in spring the gas pipeline will be 100% operational and we want it to serve as a first step, a beginning of long-term cooperation in energy sector, which will allow raising independence and stability of this sphere for Moldova”, she said.
According to Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nicolae Popescu, during his meeting with his Romanian colleague, they discussed the process of gas pipeline building and plan to visit the construction site.
“In the nearest future, due to the implementation of this project we will come to a new historical stage when Moldova will be no more dependent on a single source in energy sector”, the diplomat said.
Also, the sides discussed bilateral cooperation in infrastructure development, the building of bridges, the canceling of roaming. The heads of ministries also touched upon the Transnistrian settlement, agreeing on the need of respecting Moldova’s territorial integrity and preserving the country’s European course in the process of conflict resolving.
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