EXCLUSIVE // Partnership of the Republic of Moldova with NATO, in the attention of the Vilnius Summit. Mircea Geoană: We will discuss at the level of foreign ministers
The cooperation of the Republic of Moldova with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will be addressed on the sidelines of the NATO Summit that will take place in July in Vilnius. The statement was recently made by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană for Radio Moldova, during the meeting of Defense Ministers of NATO member states in Brussels. Geoană said that the discussions will take place at the level of NATO foreign ministers at a dedicated session.
"We will discuss at the level of NATO foreign ministers at a dedicated session with the Republic of Moldova, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina topics related to our partnership with these three countries. If at the Madrid Summit our leaders approved a partnership collaboration package with the Republic of Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, I expect that following that discussion the Moldovan side will come up with requests with a level of ambition for the next stage", declared Mircea Geoană.
Geoana believes that the talks in Vilnius will strengthen the partnership of the Republic of Moldova with NATO. The official assured that the North Atlantic Alliance is willing to cooperate with the Chisinau authorities "quickly and deeply" "as much as the Republic of Moldova will propose".
"We will meet in this format in a consistent manner, Minister Nicu Popescu who is highly appreciated both here and in the EU, was present at the meeting of foreign ministers in Bucharest and I anticipate that this political intimacy will lead to a more ambitious partnership NATO-Republic of Moldova ", declared Mircea Geoană.
