On Monday evening, 170 students from Moldova who won different national olympiads went to Sulina summer camp in Romania. According to Daniel Ioniță, Romanian ambassador to Moldova, this year the Ministry for Romanians Abroad (MRP) in Bucharest added two new camps for the olympiad-winning students from the Republic of Moldova, IPN reports.

"The camps in Hunedoara County and Gorj County have been added to the traditional ones from Oglinzi, Neamț County and Sulina", Daniel Ioniță stated. The Romanian diplomat also mentioned that this year, 10 additional places were allocated for olympiad-winning children from the Republic of Moldova, as compared to last year.

“Children have the opportunity to establish friendships, to exchange ideas. I wish that these children who go to the camp were among those who would make an essential contribution to the completion of the European vector of the Republic of Moldova. These children are metaphorically children of the union, of our union within the European Union,” Daniel Ioniță stated.

The Romanian ambassador also said those who went to camps were selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research of the Republic of Moldova and that they were from all regions of the Republic of Moldova.

The Romanian diplomat told IPN that this was the 11th year since the Ministry for Romanians Abroad has been supporting olympiad winners from Moldova and that the Romanian Government would continue to further offer assistance to the education sector of the Republic of Moldova.

Attending the event, Liliana Nicolaescu Onofrei, Minister of Education of the Republic of Moldova, said that this project is very important for the institution headed by her. "It is important that students with high achievements on both sides of the Prut river know each other, socialize. It is important because it means an exchange of experience and a change of vision,” Minister of Education said.

Liliana Nicolaescu Onofrei also says that the future is in the hands of these children, who can generate together new ideas and develop new projects.