{"id":443288,"date":"2017-01-18T03:04:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T03:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443288"},"modified":"2017-01-18T03:04:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T03:04:09","slug":"moldova-president-igor-dodon-visiting-putin-next-elections-will-ask-cancelling-association-agreement-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldova-president-igor-dodon-visiting-putin-next-elections-will-ask-cancelling-association-agreement-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova President Igor Dodon visiting Putin: After next elections, I will ask for cancelling the Association Agreement with the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

On January 17th, the President of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon, met Russia President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Moldo-Russian relations.<\/p>\n

The Presidents reportedly talked on the Transnistrian conflict settlement,\u00a0returning the Moldovan goods on the Russian market,\u00a0<\/em>situation of Moldovan working migrants in Russia, economic and commercial cooperation, but also that in the humanitarian and cultural spheres.<\/p>\n

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In a joint press conference with Putin, Dodon also declared that he would pledge to cancel the Association Agreement of Moldova with the European Union, if\u00a0his former Socialists’ Party (PSRM) wins a majority at the next Parliament elections.<\/p>\n

“I pledged for the cancelling of this Agreement. This document has brought nothing to the Republic of Moldova. We lost the Russian market. (…)<\/em><\/p>\n

I don’t exclude that, after the next Parliamentary elections when I hope that PSRM will obtain a Parliamentary majority, this Agreement will be cancelled”<\/em>, declared Dodon.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Dodon said\u00a0that he came with the initiative to sign a memorandum of collaboration with the Eurasian Union: “I proposed that in some weeks we adopt the document. It is a first step of re-approaching. I also asked mr. Vladimir Putin to examine the possibility for the Republic of Moldova to obtain the observer position in the Economic Position in the Euroasian Union”<\/em>, added the Moldovan President.<\/p>\n

In his turn, Putin welcomed Dodon’s visit and showed interest to discuss issues of market sharing, migrant managing and settlement of Transnistrian conflict.<\/p>\n

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“Moldova is an important partner of Russia in the region. Unfortunately, we know that the relations between our countries are not the best lately. The diminishing degree of (business) affairs by two times speaks about it. I hope that your first visit in Russia will be an impulse to the development of the relations on all dimensions. Surely I and my colleagues are congratulating you on the victory in the elections”,\u00a0<\/em>stressed Putin.<\/p>\n

Both agreed to accelerate the negotiations process on solving the Transnistrian conflict.<\/p>\n