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The new government recently established in Chishinau under the rule of PM Zinaida Grecianii pursues better terms with Romania and the EU. On the other hand, the Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has continued to get closer to Moscow officials. According to the Russian press, during the NATO summit in Bucharest President Vladimir Putin may even sign an agreement to reinterate the separatist region called Transdniestria in the Moldovan Republic, provided that the latter state stays unbiased.

The Parliament in Chishinau appointed a new government last Monday, a body intending to improve relations with the EU and Romania. Andrei Stratan continues to be the Moldovan Republic's foreign affairs minister, according to the NewsIn. The new government is to be in power until the parliamentary elections due in March 2009. Its program is called "Progress and Integration" and one objective is to improve the terms between the Republic and the EU.

The newly established government is also aimed at building good vicinity relations with the EU. According to the Moldovan PM Zinaida Grecianii, it also means "constructive relations with Romania, first of all in terms of respect for the Moldovan Republic's political and economic interests". (...)

Agreement likely to be made in Bucharest

According to analyst Ivan Safranciuk, cited by the Moscow Times, Vladimir Putin may consent to the reintegration of Transdniestria in the Moldovan Republic while he is attending the NATO summit in Bucharest, but on condition that the Republic stays neuter. It is to be mentioned that the above-mentioned analyst heads the Moscow branch of the World Security Institute with headquarters in Washington.

Russia is reported to demand the Moldovan Republic to make no claims to join the NATO, which is not a problem, since neutrality is stipulated in the state's Constitution. There is also the fact that the Moldovan President has recently asked the great powers to guarantee for the country's impartiality.

In Moscow's approach to Transdniestria some changes have been recently noticed, as compared to the approach to separatist republics such as South Ossetia and Abhazia. A resolution recently adoped by the Russian Parliament recommends the government should consider the recognition of the latter republics' independence. The same does not go for Transdniestria. (...) (Z.O.)

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