A joint plan for implementing the projects to interconnect the electric power and natural gas networks of Moldova and Romania will be worked out and put into practice by May 15, 2017. A decision to this effect was taken by Ministers of Economy Octavian Calmac and Mihai Tudose in a working meeting held in the Romanian town Ploiesti in the evening of April 27, IPN reports.

In a press release, the Ministry of Economy of Moldova says the two ministers ascertained that the project to interconnect the natural gas systems is implemented according to plan and the Ungheni – Chisinau gas pipeline will be put into operation by the end of 2019. In this connection, chairman of the Administration Board of the National Society for Natural Gas Transportation “Transgaz” SA Ion Sterian informed that the meeting of experts that will be held in Chisinau next week will discuss the plan of action for the next stage of the project.

Referring to the interconnection of the power supply networks, the two ministers noted a delay of several months is witnessed, first of all owing to the delay in implementing the technical project of the interconnection. Mihai Tudose assured that the Romanian authorities will allocate the €1.8 million needed for realizing this project so that this could be presented by the middle of July.