ENERGY

Romania is presently assuring over 90% of the neighboring Republic of Moldova’s need for electricity, Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu has told a TV channel. According to him, the situation has become severe in the neighboring country, which relies 100% on foreign supplies of gas and electricity. Aurescu has also mentioned Romania’s support for the neighboring country consisting in firewood and oil fuel. Romania has also called on the international community to give grants to the Republic of Moldova so that the country may buy energy on the free market. After the Russian invasion, Ukraine became unable to export energy to the Republic of Moldova. At the same time, Russian giant Gazprom announced in October its intention to diminish gas supplies to the Republic of Moldova due to the alleged disputes over the payment and the refusal of the Ukrainian pipeline operator to provide an all-out service for the transport of the Russian gas. According to president Maia Sandu, her country is presently seeing the severest energy crisis in its history.