The phenomenon of brain drain in Moldova can be stopped when the country will integrate into the European Union. Such a conclusion was formulated in the program “Politics” on TV 7 channel, IPN reports.

Romanian Ambassador to Moldova Marius Lazurca said that in order to reduce this phenomenon, attractive conditions should be created so that the young people studying abroad want to return home. “The talented young people need education of a high quality, as the young people everywhere. I don’t think this is a reason for concern. Many prosperous European countries went through such an experience, including Romania. After our country joined the EU and the salaries were equal to those in the prosperous states, when we started to offer good studying and employment conditions, many young people returned. I also went to France when I was 20, but I came back. I hope that Moldova will also create conditions for the young people to remain and to return home,” stated the diplomat.

Poland’s Ambassador in Chisinau Artur Mihalski noted that his country also experienced brain drain, but this phenomenon disappeared when the country became part of the EU. “This phenomenon was once typical of Poland too. The young people wanted to leave and didn’t come back. But it was a transition period only. 20% of those who left are returning. But there are things that cannot be changed overnight. I’m glad to say that I know many Moldovans who studied in Poland and then returned home,” he said.

Arcadie Cotruta, a young man who returned to Moldova after graduating from Cambridge, said the Government of Moldova should take more measures for the young people studying abroad to return to work in their native country. “The young people need conditions, decent salaries. They owe nothing to this state as they studied abroad at their own expense,” he stated.