The caretaker Cabinet at its meeting today accepted Victor Bodiu's resignation from the post of General Secretary of the Government, IPN reports.

Acting Prime Minister Iurie Leanca thanked Victor Bodiu for his work and highlighted his role in negotiating the Common Aviation Area Agreement with the EU in a record short period of time, which enabled the introduction of a number of new flights and lower fares.

Acting interior Minister Dorin Recean also thanked Victor Bodiu for endorsing key draft laws and regulations and for attracting technical and financial assistance from Moldova's foreign partners to promote the MoI reform.

Acting Economy Minister Andrian Candu noted that Victor Bodiu played an important role in the adoption by the Parliament of key legislation on Moldova's European agenda.

Victor Bodiu, for his part, thanked his colleagues from the three governmental teams with which he worked for their constant professional and moral support. “As I said on many occasions, I accepted to come from the private sector to the public one because I felt it was my civic duty to put my shoulder to the wheel of relaunching Moldova on an track of sustainable development, with a functional economy, administration and democracy. Now that the continuity of this process has been ensured after the November 30 vote, I've decided to take on new challenges”.

Victor Bodiu served as State Minister before being appointed General Secretary of the Filat and then the Leanca Cabinet. Until a new Government is invested, Bodiu's deputy Roman Cazan will serve as caretaker General Secretary.