MAE demands Greceanyi Government lift visa regime for Romanians

The business relations between Moldova and Romania have been directly affected by the modification of the border crossing regime for Romanian nationals, the European Action Movement (MAE) said, demanding that the Greceanyi Government cancel the visa regime imposed abusively on April 9, Info-Prim Neo reports. At a news conference on Wednesday, the MAE leader Anatol Petrencu said that the exports to Romania have decreased. Moldova is experiencing an unprecedented financial crisis and losing millions of dollars. ”Now that the power is being replaced, before departure the Government is obliged to repair this mistake by taking measures that will be only in the interests of Moldova and its people. Such a decision will normalize the relations with the European Union, which signed with Moldova an agreement to abolish the visas for European citizens, not to introduce them,” Petrencu said. ”The visa regime for Romanian travelers was imposed illegally, by a Government decision not by organic law as it should. The MAE protested against this abuse from the very beginning,” said Ion Neagu, the party’s first vice president. The Moldovan authorities introduced the visa regime with Romania, arguing that the move is designed to protect the state of law and to reestablish legality. They said that groups of persons from Romania came to Chisinau in an organized way on April 6, 7 and 8 to participate in the protests in the center of the city.