{"id":444978,"date":"2017-12-08T11:45:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T11:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=444978"},"modified":"2017-12-08T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T12:04:36","slug":"nato-liaison-office-inaugurated-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/nato-liaison-office-inaugurated-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Liaison Office inaugurated in Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

On 8 December, the new NATO Liaison Office in Moldova was inaugurated with the presence of the NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller, Prime-Minister Pavel Filip, and Foreign Ministry Secretary Daniela Morari.<\/p>\n

Before the inauguration, Deputy Secretary-General Gottemoeller and PM Filip conducted a meeting with a focus on the anniversary 25 years of diplomatic relations between Moldova and the NATO, but also on the objectives set by the\u00a0Individual Partnership Action Plan Moldova-NATO<\/a>\u00a0for 2017-2019.<\/p>\n

In regard to the role of the office, Filip emphasized<\/a> that it would help the Government with actions of public diplomacy to explain its dialogue with the Organization. On the other side, Gottemoeller assured that the Alliance respects the neutrality of Moldova and that the Liaison Office has only civilian employees:<\/p>\n

\u201cNATO fully respects Moldova\u2019s neutrality, independence, and sovereignty, but neutrality does not mean that we cannot be strong partners,<\/em>\u201d the NATO Deputy Secretary-General said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In recent years, at the invitation of the Moldovan government, NATO has worked to safely dispose of landmines and hazardous chemicals, to develop advanced medical technologies, to strengthen Moldova\u2019s defenses against cyber-attack, and to improve governance and combat corruption.<\/p>\n

President Igor Dodon still thinks that the opening of the NATO Office was made “in a rush” and contradicts the principle of permanent neutrality of Moldova. Moreover, when meeting Secretary Gottemoeller, he suggested<\/a> NATO signs a bilateral agreement with Moldova on permanently recognizing the neutrality of the latter.<\/p>\n

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Source: gov.md<\/p><\/div>\n

The chief officer of the NATO Office in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, Kristina Baleisyte, is already in Moldova since June 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>On 8 December, the new NATO Liaison Office in Moldova was inaugurated with the presence of the NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller, Prime-Minister Pavel Filip, and Foreign Ministry Secretary Daniela Morari. Before the inauguration, Deputy Secretary-General Gottemoeller and PM Filip conducted a meeting with a focus on the anniversary 25 years of diplomatic relations between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":444979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,40],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-444978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-security","tag-important"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

On 8 December, the new NATO Liaison Office in Moldova was inaugurated with the presence of the NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller, Prime-Minister Pavel Filip, and Foreign Ministry Secretary Daniela Morari.<\/p>\n

Before the inauguration, Deputy Secretary-General Gottemoeller and PM Filip conducted a meeting with a focus on the anniversary 25 years of diplomatic relations between Moldova and the NATO, but also on the objectives set by the\u00a0Individual Partnership Action Plan Moldova-NATO<\/a>\u00a0for 2017-2019.<\/p>\n

In regard to the role of the office, Filip emphasized<\/a> that it would help the Government with actions of public diplomacy to explain its dialogue with the Organization. On the other side, Gottemoeller assured that the Alliance respects the neutrality of Moldova and that the Liaison Office has only civilian employees:<\/p>\n

\u201cNATO fully respects Moldova\u2019s neutrality, independence, and sovereignty, but neutrality does not mean that we cannot be strong partners,<\/em>\u201d the NATO Deputy Secretary-General said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In recent years, at the invitation of the Moldovan government, NATO has worked to safely dispose of landmines and hazardous chemicals, to develop advanced medical technologies, to strengthen Moldova\u2019s defenses against cyber-attack, and to improve governance and combat corruption.<\/p>\n

President Igor Dodon still thinks that the opening of the NATO Office was made “in a rush” and contradicts the principle of permanent neutrality of Moldova. Moreover, when meeting Secretary Gottemoeller, he suggested<\/a> NATO signs a bilateral agreement with Moldova on permanently recognizing the neutrality of the latter.<\/p>\n

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Source: gov.md<\/p><\/div>\n

The chief officer of the NATO Office in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, Kristina Baleisyte, is already in Moldova since June 2017.<\/p>\n

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