The minority government of Moldova assured of its capacity to continue the country’s European course. For its part, the Party of Communists (PCRM) also expressed its readiness to support Moldova’s foreign development course. Such statements were made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics, who visited Moldova last week, in an interview for IPN.

“I think what I heard then and now inspires hope that there is will to work in the most important directions, first of all to do the justice sector reform, fight corruption and ensure stability in the financial-banking sector. Surely we also discussed the possibility of carrying out the program in the conditions of a minority government. I appreciate this state of spirit and we will be expecting results, but we should never forget that sometimes the minority governments can do more than the majority ones because sometimes the minority government has to look for supporters among the members of the opposition, while other times things can develop even better. We have such experience in Latvia as there were minority governments in our country, but they existed not for a very long time. However, they managed to do many good things. I see the current state of spirit and I see that there are ideas for ensuring the path to reforms, but now a lot depends on the real deeds,” said the Latvian official.

Edgars Rinkevics noted that he discussed the prospects of Moldova’s European course with the leaders of the PCRM, which voted to invest the minority government, but does not form part of the ruling alliance. “The Party of Communists assured me that they promote their own political principles and goals, but they also support the country’s basic course now,” he stated.

In the first half of this year, Latvia holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Riga will host the Eastern Partnership Summit on May 21-22 this year.