Vlad Filat: Relationship with Russia will naturally improve

“The relationship with Russia will continue and will naturally become better. We need to overcome this difficulty. I guess and I wish to think that this is only a technical problem”, said Prime Minister Vlad Filat, referring to the recent Russian ban on certain amounts of Moldovan wine. “We can overcome this situation in order to advance the strategic relationship with Russia, as laid out in the government's program”, said the premier, adding he would discuss the issue with Russian partners in an attempt to “remove these technical barriers”. Russia's chief sanitary inspector Gennady Onishchenko on Tuesday told an interview at Ekho Moskvy radio his agency barred 102,000 bottles of Moldovan wine from sale, citing safety concerns.