(Correspondence) Ponta: Resuming activity at Petrotel, a good thing both for Bucharest and Chisinau

AGERPRES special correspondent Daniel Florea reports: Prime Minister Victor Ponta, while paying an official visit to the Republic of Moldova, said that he had been officially informed on Friday morning about the fact that the activity in Petrotel refinery of Ploiesti had been resumed and said this was a good thing both for Bucharest and for Chisinau.

'For the Republic of Moldova it is a good thing, too, because a wide part of the fuel produced at Petrotel in Ploiesti goes to the Republic of Moldova. Therefore, this morning I have been officially notified that the activity at Petrotel was resumed. If the refinery had closed down it would had affected the Republic of Moldova, too. So, fortunately, there aren't any problems in Bucharest or Chisinau,' the Prime Minister said.

The Lukoil Ploiesti Refinery, the activity of which was stopped one week before following an investigation of the Prosecutor's Office near the Court of Appeal of Ploiesti, on Friday notified the Environment Guard of Prahova County on beginning the procedure of starting the technological installations. AGERPRES