{"id":449385,"date":"2021-05-06T18:24:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T18:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=449385"},"modified":"2021-05-06T18:31:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T18:31:51","slug":"moldovan-politicians-in-belarus-was-the-visit-official-and-purposeful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldovan-politicians-in-belarus-was-the-visit-official-and-purposeful\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldovan politicians in Belarus – was the visit official and purposeful?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

A delegation from the Republic of Moldova pays an official visit to Belarus these days. The delegation includes Speaker of Parliament, Zinaida Greceanii, socialist MPs Vasile Bolea and Radu Mudreac, Secretary General of Parliament, Adrian Albu, and Acting Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment, Ion Perju. “The purpose of the visit is to identify opportunities to boost interparliamentary, socio-economic, investment and cultural cooperation between our countries,”<\/em> is mentioned in a press release<\/a> of Parliament.<\/p>\n

A joint Declaration on Cooperation<\/a> <\/strong>between the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus was signed today in Minsk. Whereas members of Parliament in dissolution can be part of delegations, sign declarations, such Parliament still cannot vote bilateral agreements, according to the Moldovan Constitution<\/span>. Thus, the declaration signed in Minsk has not more than a pure symbolic status, without any legal force, just as the entire visit that includes meetings with Belarusian officials and attending ceremonies on the eve of Victory Day.<\/p>\n

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Source: multimedia.parlament.md<\/p><\/div>\n

Even though he is not mentioned on the list of Moldovan officials going to Belarus, the socialist leader Igor Dodon<\/strong> also pays a visit to the neighbouring country, having a meeting with Alexander Lukashenko<\/strong>, Europe’s longest-serving ruler, who tags himself the winner of the 2020 elections, despite mass protests against his rule and people who consider the elections falsified by the regime. According to Igor Dodon, the meeting was informal, being held at the presidential residence near Minsk. That is while Lukashenko remarked<\/a> he does not often invite foreign guests to visit his home.<\/p>\n

“I discussed with the Belarusian leader the geopolitical situation and the attempts of some Western actors to undermine security and stability in our region,”<\/em> Dodon – the socialist who holds no public office in Moldova – said. At the same time, he praised the way Lukashenko managed the mass protests and declared that such actions are an example for Moldova.<\/span>\u00a0 “You did well containing the situation. Well done! Such pressure!”<\/em> Even more hallucinating was the answer of the Minsk leader “I knew that Moldova will also benefit from this experience.”<\/em><\/p>\n