European Delegation remarks Moldova's progress at Moldova-EU Cooperation Committee's reunion

The European Delegation has remarked the attainments Moldova has reached in most of the developing sectors, at the reunion of the Moldova-EU Cooperation Committee, held on October 3, Info-Prim Neo quotes a communique issued by the Moldovan Foreign Ministry. They discussed the recent developments in carrying out the European integration objective, and namely: political dialog and reforms, justice and domestic affairs, social-economic development, trade, market and regulatory reform and the cooperation in the areas of customs, transports, energy, info-society and environment, people-to-people contacts. Concerning the political cooperation with the EU, the Moldovan delegation notified the European Commission about the present state of enforcing the three major objectives in the Moldo-EU dialog: the actions undertaken by Moldova after the May reunion of the Moldo-EU Cooperation Council, preparing the talks for the new Moldova-EU document, the launch by Moldova of the invitation to start consultations on liberalizing the visa regime with the EU countries. Concerning the customs cooperation, Moldova has been encouraged to go on cooperating with Ukraine on the verge of a new customs regime and the EUBAM mission. In its turn, the Moldovan delegation pointed out the interest related to the prolongation of the EUBAM project by the EU after its mandate expires in 2009. Concerning the trade sector, the EU greeted the usage of the autonomous trade preferences, remarking the positive actions in terms of investing climate. In terms of people-to-people contacts, the EU side remarked Moldova's participation in the programs Erasmus-Mundus “External Cooperation Window” and Tempus III for considering the opportunities of raising human resources and capital. The reunion of the Cooperation Committee was followed by a second round of informal talks on the future legal accord.