PM Dancila: Romania wants to increase its investments in Moldova

Romania wants to increase its investments in Moldova, Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said in Chisinau on Tuesday.

At the end of a meeting with her Moldovan counterpart Pavel Filip, she said that one of the related priorities of Romania is the operation of the Iasi-Ungheni-Chisinau gas pipeline.

"The Iasi-Ungheni-Chisinau project reconfirms the role of Romania as the main partner of the Republic of Moldova, consistent with the latter's European integration effort. We discussed in particular the connectivity projects, and the operation of the interconnector Ungheni-Chisinau is a priority not only for Bucharest and Chisinau, as it is a major project with regional relevance on the agenda of the European Union, within the framework of the Eastern dimension policy," said Dancila.

She added that "the Iasi-Ungheni-Chisinau project reconfirms Romania's role as the main partner of the Republic of Moldova consistent with the latter's European integration effort."

"I told Prime Minister Filip Romania that Romania wants to increase its investment in the Republic of Moldova. We welcome the progress made in connection with the energy connectivity in the natural gas area, and we are interested in finalising, as soon as possible, the negotiations between Transgaz and the Moldovan partner, while complying with all the conditions," added Dancila.

Dancila was scheduled to attend on Tuesday afternoon the opening ceremony of the Association of Romanian Investors of the Republic of Moldova. Referring to the association, Dancila said "this will undoubtedly create new opportunities to diversify the presence of Romanian investment and thus contribute to consolidating Romania's position as the first trade partner of the Republic of Moldova." AGERPRES (RO - author: Cristian Lupascu, editor: Andreea Rotaru; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu, editor: Rodica State)