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Humanitarian aid for the Republic of Moldova worth 16.5 M lei
The Government approved in Thursday's meeting a humanitarian aid for the Republic of Moldova worth 16.5 million lei, in the form of sanitary materials necessary to handle the efforts of limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.
"In today's Government meeting, a government decision has been adopted, just as the Orban Government promised, for a humanitarian aid for the Republic of Moldova, for our brothers in Bessarabia, in order to deal with the crisis of the novel coronavirus spreading in the neighboring country, namely a humanitarian aid worth 16.5 million lei, in the form of sanitary materials necessary to handle the efforts to limit the spreading of the novel coronavirus infection," head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery Ionel Danca told a news conference at the Victoria Palace.
The draft decision was introduced on the additional agenda of Thursday's Government meeting.
The support granted by Romania to the Republic of Moldova in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic represents "the sincere expression of a special relationship" existing between the two countries, Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu said at the meeting with Moldovan Prime Minister Ion Chicu.
The head of the Romanian diplomacy brought to mind Romania's standpoint in regard to the Republic of Moldova, namely "Romania continues to support the Republic of Moldova in achieving its fundamental objective of European integration."
"At the same time, we underscore the need to continue and intensify the necessary reforms to get closer to the European Union, to observe the democratic principles, the rule of law, because, just as the European Union conditions its support on the achievement of these aspects, Romania, too, is forced to have the same approach. These reforms are needed in a concrete way, in a real way, just as Mr. Prime Minister said in the discussions we carried out," Bogdan Aurescu said.
The Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister was in Chisinau on Thursday, as Romania sent the Republic of Moldova medical aid for the combat of the COVID-19 pandemic: medical supplies, but also a team of volunteer doctors and nurses, both civilian and military. The medical staff will work in the hospitals of the Republic of Moldova.