Moldova – The Romanian Foreign Minister, Luminiţa Odobescu, paid an official visit to the neighboring Republic of Moldova (with a majority Romanian-speaking population) on Wednesday, together with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, David Lammy. The two were received by the pro-Western President Maia Sandu and had trilateral consultations with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Mihai Popşoi. The discussions focused on long-term support for the stability and resilience of the Republic, the reform agenda for the continuation of Chișinău’s European integration process and the regional security situation in the context of the continuation of Russia’s aggression on Ukraine. Minister Luminiţa Odobescu also participated in the inauguration ceremony of the new building of the Mihai Eminescu Theoretical High School in Comrat (south, with a majority population of Gagauz – ethnic Turks of the Christian-Orthodox denomination), built with funding granted by the Government of Romania and the Moldovan Education Ministry. She emphasized that the support for the education sector and for studying in the Romanian language represents investments in the European, democratic and prosperous future of the Republic of Moldova.
