Moldovan-Romanian parliamentary commission for European integration to be set up

Head of Parliament Mihai Ghimpu, the Chairman of the Romanian Senate Mircea Geoana and the Head of the Chamber of Deputies Roberta Anastase signed in Bucharest the Protocol of Cooperation and Partnership between the Parliaments of Moldova and Romania. The document provides for the creation of a joint commission for European integration that will include the chairpersons of the most important parliamentary commissions of the two states, Info-Prim Neo reports. “This agreement meets all the present requirements. Moldova and Romania have a unique relation as Romania undertook the role of the most sincere and reliable advocate of Moldova,” said Roberta Anastase. Mircea Geoana stressed that the unnatural period between the two Parliaments, when the relations between Moldova and Romanian had been frozen, came to an end. “Things return to normality and we hope to create the best conditions for the legislative bodies of the two states and for Moldova's European integration. You will be able to learn from our good and bad practices. The advantage is that Moldova does not need to translate the documents that we will provide,” he said. For his part, Mihai Ghimpu said he was convinced that the document will help strengthen the experience exchange and resume the work of the Moldova-Romania Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.