“Thirty years of diplomatic relations between Romania and the Republic of Moldova is not much on the scale of history, but is a lot on the personal scale. It is the age of a generation. It is a generation that grew, developed, hoped, wrote, thought and felt in a Romanian or European way, we hope,” Romania’s Ambassador in Chisinau Daniel Ioniță stated in the inauguration of a book and document exhibition centering on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Moldova and Romania. The exhibition was mounted at the National Library of the Republic of Moldova ahead of the National Day of Romania that is celebrated on December 1, IPN reports.
The ambassador said the relations between Romania and the Republic of Moldova endured because they are based on common language, history, culture and traditions and on a strategic partnership for supporting the European course of the Republic of Moldova. They are supported by multiple social projects that are funded with Romanian taxpayers’ money. There is a solid economic partnership between Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Romania is the main commercial partner of Moldova. The contacts between the Presidents of Romania and Moldova were resumed. The past year alone, Klaus Iohannis and Maia Sandu met for four times, with President Sandu visiting Bucharest the last time on November 23. During this visit, there were signed documents that will guide the bilateral cooptation at multiple levels from now on.
National Library director general Elena Pintilei said that Romania helped the Republic of Moldova a lot in the reorganization and formation of national book collections. “The book donations made by Romania were substantial. Since 1992 until 2001, the National Library received over 1.6 million books in Romanian that were donated by the Government of Romania, different institutions and Romanian citizens and distributed them to public libraries in the Republic of Moldova. These books were the first information resources for our school, lyceum and university students,” stated Elena Pintilei.
Minister of Culture Sergiu Prodan noted that the diplomatic relations between Romania and the Republic of Moldova are not only 30 years long. “We have history, a diplomatic relationship of 150 years and have a lot to learn from this history of Romanian diplomacy,” he stated.
Veaceslav Dobândă, secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, noted that the closest and most special relationship of Moldova is the one established with Romania.
The exhibition includes over 200 documents and old and rare books about the folklore, traditions and customs of the Romanian people, about the foreign policy and bilateral cooperation of Romania, about Romania’s experience in the European integration process and about the strategic partnership for supporting the European course of the Republic of Moldova. As part of the event, there was also mounted an exhibition titled “History of Romanian Diplomatic Uniform”. The two exhibits can be visited until the end of December.
