President Igor Dodon on December 19 and 20 will be paying a working visit to Russia. In a press briefing, he said that in Moscow he will have meetings with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, managers of Gazprom and Patriarch Kirill, IPN reports.

Moscow in the period will host an informal meeting of the CIS leaders and an informal meeting of the leaders of the Eurasian Union, where the Republic of Moldova serves as an observer.

According to President Dodon, Prime Minister Ion Chicu is now in Strasbourg, France. On December 19, he will take part in the meeting of Premiers of the Central European Initiative in Rome, where he will have meetings with Prime Ministers, members of the Initiative.