The Romanian foreign minister, Bogdan Aurescu, is on a 2-day official visit to Chişinău, at the invitation of Moldova’s deputy PM and minister for foreign affairs and European integration, Nicu Popescu. For 2 days, Bogdan Aurescu will have consultations with his counterpart, will be received by the president of the R. of Moldova Maia Sandu, and will have talks with PM Natalia Gavriliţa and with the parliament speaker Igor Grosu. They will discuss aspects related to countering the war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, as well as topics related to cooperation in the field of energy security, stepping up sectoral cooperation, economic cooperation and the assistance measures taken by Romania to the benefit of the R. of Moldova. A major topic for discussion will be Moldova’s progress in its EU accession efforts, after the country was granted the accession candidate status in June 2022, and Romania’s concrete support in this respect.
