U.S. Ambassador in Chisinau William Moser, in an interview for Radio Free Europe, said the Moldovan economy is growing and statistics show that. But it is not growing as well as it could. One of the obvious things that Moldova can do to improve its economic prospects is to keep on its path toward the reforms required for its integration into the greater European market and the greater European space, IPN reports.

“And most importantly in that regard is to seriously tackle justice-sector reform and eliminate corruption. Now, other countries have had to deal with this corruption problem as well and we still have corruption problems in the United States. But if the people of Moldova have zero tolerance for corrupt behavior, this can be eliminated,” said the ambassador.

William Moser also said that only in a corruption-free environment will the people want to invest because businesses, whether they are foreign investors or Moldovan, don't want to invest in the country if they think the process is rigged against them. “So, if you really want to improve the country's economic prospects, you'll really work on the corruption problem. And I urge all Moldovan citizens to think about this,” he stated.

According to the ambassador, businessmen don't mind competing, but what they don't want to do is have their resources taken away from them because of some corrupt decision.