A decision was taken to initiate the procedure for denouncing the agreement on the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CSI), Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu has announced. According to him, after 30 years it became clear that Moldova’s presence in the CIS bodies didn’t help the country resolve the Transnistrian conflict and obtain the withdrawal of the Russian army from its territory. The CIS was created by Russia on the ruins of the USSR in order to keep the ex-soviet countries in its sphere of influence, IPN reports.
The Speaker noted that after the CIS founder Russia brutally attacked another founding state, Ukraine, occupying territories of this and killing its citizens, this organization can no longer be called a community. Moldova’s withdrawal from the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly is a first step. “At Government and Parliament levels, we are assessing the next steps. It is a process that lasts. One thing is clear. When the ban on our products was imposed, it was a lesson for the producers in Moldova. They made us find other markets, request European countries to lift the quotas and allow us to sell our products. And our producers convinced themselves that Europe is a large and stable market,” said Igor Grosu.
The official also said that Moldova is an independent, recognized state that is respected by its friends and neighbors and is free to take sovereign decisions. “We have the resolve and responsibility to distance ourselves from the source of evil, poverty, war and destruction. During 30 years, we showed that we want democracy, freedom and prosperity at home. We step by step do what the citizens expect from us. We build a stable, prosperous future full of opportunities – a European future – for our children,” stated the Speaker.
“According to procedures, at the next ordinary meeting of the Parliament’s Standing Bureau, I will propose requesting Prime Minister Dorin Recean to draft a legislative proposal on the denouncing of the Convention on the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the CIS. Later, when this reaches Parliament, we will denounce the agreement,” said Igor Grosu
