At their January 27 2010 meeting in Chisinau, Romania’s president Traian Basescu, left, presented Moldova’s acting president Mihai Ghimpu with a Romanian state award.
Moldova was not going to apply to join Nato, the country’s interim president Mihai Ghimpu said, according to a report by Russian Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper quoted by Bulgarian news agency Focus on January 28 2010.
According to Ghimpu, Moldova’s current priorities were the fight against poverty, and the country’s European Union integration.
Should the question of joining Nato arise in future, it was the Moldovan people who would have the final word, Ghimpu said.
Ghimpu made the comment at a joint news conference with Romanian president Traian Băsescu, who arrived on a two-day visit to Moldova on January 27 2010.
The new Moldovan authorities had no plans to unite with Romania, quit the Commonwealth of Independent States or join Nato, Ghimpu said in an interview with Romanian television channel Pro TV, as quoted by Itar-Tass.
„One has to accept the idea that although we’re brothers, these are two separate countries, and it is up to the leadership of each to decide what it should do for the good of the citizens,” he said.
Spain, current holder of the rotating presidency of the EU, will do its utmost to achieve progress in the process of integrating the Western Balkans into the bloc, its foreign minister says.
Advisory mission as part of EU’s Operation Althea will help strengthen local capacity, the bloc’s foreign ministers agree.
The bishop of Niš, Irinej Gavrilovic, 80, was elected on January 22 to succeed Patriarch Pavle as the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Police found weapons, ammunition and fake identity documents in 16 raids across the country, media report.
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Nato not on Moldova’s agenda, interim president says
At their January 27 2010 meeting in Chisinau, Romania’s president Traian Basescu, left, presented Moldova’s acting president Mihai Ghimpu with a Romanian state award.
Moldova was not going to apply to join Nato, the country’s interim president Mihai Ghimpu said, according to a report by Russian Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper quoted by Bulgarian news agency Focus on January 28 2010.
According to Ghimpu, Moldova’s current priorities were the fight against poverty, and the country’s European Union integration.
Should the question of joining Nato arise in future, it was the Moldovan people who would have the final word, Ghimpu said.
Ghimpu made the comment at a joint news conference with Romanian president Traian Băsescu, who arrived on a two-day visit to Moldova on January 27 2010.
The new Moldovan authorities had no plans to unite with Romania, quit the Commonwealth of Independent States or join Nato, Ghimpu said in an interview with Romanian television channel Pro TV, as quoted by Itar-Tass.
„One has to accept the idea that although we’re brothers, these are two separate countries, and it is up to the leadership of each to decide what it should do for the good of the citizens,” he said.
Spain, current holder of the rotating presidency of the EU, will do its utmost to achieve progress in the process of integrating the Western Balkans into the bloc, its foreign minister says.
Advisory mission as part of EU’s Operation Althea will help strengthen local capacity, the bloc’s foreign ministers agree.
The bishop of Niš, Irinej Gavrilovic, 80, was elected on January 22 to succeed Patriarch Pavle as the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Police found weapons, ammunition and fake identity documents in 16 raids across the country, media report.
