MOLDOVAN PARLIAMENT TO ESTABLISH GROUP FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH USA

A Group of Friendship with the United States will be formed shortly in the Parliament of Moldova. A decision on this will be passed at a nearest plenary meeting of the legislative forum, it was said on Tuesday during the meeting MP Doina Gherman, Chairperson of the parliamentary Standing Committee for Foreign Policy and European Integration, held with Ehsan Aleaziz, Political Officer of the United States Embassy to Moldova.

The parties discussed the new Moldova Parliament's priorities such as judicial reform, struggle against corruption and human rights observance.

"We hope that during this 4-year term of office we will bring Moldova close to European values. For this, we need to seek prosperity, democracy and progress", said Doina Gherman.

The American diplomat assured that the United States stands ready to render assistance to Moldova to reach the goals set.

Ehsan Aleaziz confessed he was pleasantly surprised to see such a record-breaking large number of women in the new Parliament thanks to the policy of gender equality waged in the Republic of Moldova. In that context, Doina Gherman said that in the nearest time the Moldovan Parliament will ratify the Istanbul Convention that stipulates struggle against, and prevention of, violence against women, and gender equality.