Romanian Foreign Min Talks About Moldova Situation In EP

According to a statement issued Thursday by the Foreign Ministry, a meeting of the Commission for Foreign Affairs with the European Parliament was held Wednesday, on the topic of the events at the eastern border of the European Union, which stressed the need for European institutions to closely monitor the situation in the Republic of Moldova.

The European Parliament will focus on analyzing the events following the elections, which led to a series of human rights violations in Moldova, the statement said. According to the cited source, the Romanian foreign minister, Cristian Diaconescu, outlined the assessments on the events.

“Over three hundred youths were arrested with no explanation. The right to free circulation was restricted by the Moldovan authorities through the introduction of visas. Every Romanian journalist who was in Moldova was expelled after first being detained by the state’s Police. The Moldovan authorities have crossed the line,” Diaconescu said.

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He also talked about Moldovan president Vladimir Voronin’s accusations regarding the “alleged involvement of Romania in the events in Chisinau,” stating that the Romanian Government “has not and will not answer to this kind of provocation.”

Diaconescu pointed out that these charges attempt to transfer responsibility for the internal problems of Moldova.

According to the cited document, all who took part in the meeting stressed that the state of affairs in Moldova, a country which seeks a relationship with the EU, is a European problem, which the Union must address together.

The meeting was held Wednesday in Brussels, the same day that marks the European Day of Citizen Liberties.

Cristian Diaconescu met Wednesday with Joseph Daul, chairman of the European People’s Party (PPE), Jose Ignacio Salafranca Sancez-Neyra, foreign policy manager for the PPE and Graham Watson, president of the Liberal group in the European Parliament. The Romanian Foreign Minister also talked with Foreign Commission president Jacek Saryusz-Wolski and with Socialist Group president Martin Schultz.

According to the cited source, following discussion, the MEPs suggested adopting a Resolution on the situation in Moldova, touching on the issues of Transdniester, Ukraine and Georgia. The MEPs decided member states must take “firm and unitary” measures as regards the events in Moldova.

Thursday, Diaconescu will meet, in Brussels, with European Parliament Chairman Hans Gert Poettering, as well as talk, in Prague, with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg and Czech vice-Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra.