Moldova’s President Igor Dodon is on a two-day visit to Moscow, on the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, to participate in an informal summit of the CIS heads of state.

Igor Dodon wrote on his FB account that he has already met with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia: “I highlighted that Moldova is today an outpost of Orthodox world, in the vanguard of the battle for Christian values”.

Patriarch Kirill accepted President Dodon’s invitation to visit Moldova and take part in a World Family Congress, to take place next September in Chisinau. It has been agreed that the visit will also include Gagauzia and Transnistria, among other regions of Moldova.