The Government of Poland decided to provide a €20 million interest-free loan to the Republic of Moldova for coping with the faced difficulties, the Presdient of Poland Andrzej Duda announced in a news conference held jointly with President Maia Sandu in Chisinau, IPN reports.
Andrzej Duda noted that his main preoccupation, as President of Poland, and the main preoccupation of Maia Sandu, is for the states they lead to survive the current hard times and to cope with all the difficulties. Problems are faced everywhere in the world and these do not derive from particular decisions. He expressed his confidence that Moldova will be able to overcome the hard times with the assistance of European organizations. He assured Maia Sandu that he will personally discuss with European officials for the European markets to open wider to Moldovan products.
The Polish official said that he will support Moldova’s efforts to obtain the candidate status and then the EU membership. It’s time for the EU to say “yes” to all the nations that are ready to become part of the EU, noting that from political viewport, Moldova is fully supported among the EU leaders.
In another development, Andrzej Duda expressed his appreciation to the Moldovan people and President Maia Sandu for welcoming refugees into their homes and for creating safe conditions for them.
For her part, President Maia Sandu said that over 100,000 refugees from Ukraine entered Moldova during almost a month of war. About 100,000 of them are now in Moldova and most of them were housed by people in their homes. She expressed gratitude to the EU member states that accepted on their territory Ukrainian refugees who entered Moldova.
According to President Sandu, Moldova is seriously affected by the war in Ukraine from economic viewpoint. The Moldovan producers cannot export to Eastern markets owing to the fighting in the neighboring state. Imports were also interrupted. The entrepreneurs who lost access to these markets have to adjust to the new reality. “In the name of these entrepreneurs and their employees, we ask the European Union members states to offer support. The opening of markets to the Moldova products that can no longer reach the Eastern markets due to the war will be perceived as a gesture of clear and direct support for the Moldovan producers,” stated the official.
Maia Sandu reminded that the Republic of Moldova on March 4 filed an application for EU membership. She thanked Warsaw and the President of Poland for the support they give to the European course of the Republic of Moldova. She said that Moldova wants to take a more active part in the Three Seas Initiative so as to benefit from the European infrastructure.
