Moldovan President Lupu to EuroFora on EU Integration reform: Determined+Pragmatic on CoE,AGRI,GUAM+

*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/-  Firmly "Determined" to resolutely advance the EU Goals of the Neighboring Country of Moldova, unquestionably European both from an Historic/Cultural and a Geographic point of view, (strategically located between Romania and Ukraine accross the Dniestr River, spreading from the Black Sea to Poland), but also obviously Pragmatic, ready to make good use at the same time also of all other relevant Organisations, Groupings or Institutional Frameworkds in a Coherent overall Strategy, incuding CoE, AGRI, GUAM, etc, as well as Eastern Partnership, etc, Marian Lupu, acting President of Moldova, who is also Head of the Moldovan Parliament and strongly supported by the Governing Majority of the "Alliance for European Integration", fluently speaking English and French in addition to Russian,  etc., was crystal-clear in his replies to "EuroFora"s question after his meeting with CoE's Secretary General Thornbjorn Jagland.

 - "EuroFora" asked the President of Moldova about his "current objectives" for EU integration, if everything goes well on CoE-related reforms, that he had just highlighted, (i.e. mainly on Democracy and Human Rights' related issues).

    - "Thank you very much for your question : Well, speaking about Reforms in Moldova is also speaking about the Framework of our relations with the CoE, and (at the same time, in parallel) on the perspectives concerning Moldova and the EU", sharply replied President Marian Lupu from the outset.

    - "That's why, certain Packages of Assistance in promoting those Reforms, represent Joint Programs, (of the) CoE and EU Comission", he observed, according to a Classic, well known Strategy, in which CoE is useful also in order to prepare former Central-Eastern European Countries for possible EU accession.

    - "I reiterate our Firm Determination regarding the EU Integration process of my Country - and I'm speaking as acting President of Moldova, and also on behalf of the Parliament and all Public Authorities of my Country - so, . This is not only a matter of Foreign Policy, but also of Domestic Policy, (because) this is about an Important Range of Reforms, in all the Areas, for meeting Principles, Standards and Requirements of the EU", he stressed. 

- "We are Working at that process, as a Medium-Term process", since "We have a lot of work to do in our Country, before we can make it Elligible to get the Status of Candidate Country" for EU Accession, he added pragmatically but with resolution.

- Thus, "in the Nearest Future, we are counting to sign an Association Agreements with the EU,  with components in the Visa area, the CFP, etc. , and to succesfully continue to upgrade in this oganization" (CoE, comp. supra).
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- Meanwhile, CoE is an ideal organization in order to coordinate Democratic Reforms more largely throughout all Countries in that area, so that we can be all fully active inside the EU Eastern Partnership, which has a Strategic importance for us, particularly because we have traditionaly spoken very much about Political only issues in this are, but not yet enough about Concrete Projects concerning Infrastructures, f.ex. of Transport, etc., added later-on the Moldovan President, in reply to another question by a collegue journalist from Azerbaidjan who had asked him about the GUAM organization (Georgia-Ukraine-Azerbaidjan-Moldova), while, at this very moment, Moldova is reportedly thinking about joining the new and Strategic "AGRI" Project for Energy Transport by Ships bringing Liquiefied Natural Gas from Central Asia directly, through  the Black Sea, into the EU, using Rivers, such as Danube and Dniestr, Pipelines, Gas-Electricity Networks, etc. (See relevant previous "EuroFora"s Publications on AGRI, including on Statements that gave us also the Romanian President Trojan Basescu, as well as Georgian and Adjeri Top Political leaders, etc).

Lupu also said earlier that he had informed CoE's Secretary General, Thornbjorn Jagland, about "the existing Reforms" and "the current Political Situation" in Moldova, as well as on "the possible Solutions", (a reference probably to the "frozen" Transnistrian conflict).

    "Reforms' process" in different areas, like the Judiciary, Police, Local and Public Administration, etc", concern "our commitments, in the framework of our cooperation CoE membership, to bring Moldova into a "New Stage of Development", and, in consequence, at a "New Status" here inside the CoE".

    CoE's Secretary General, Thornbjorn Jagland said earlier that President Marian Lupu had "informed (him) about the Political a.o. reforms and situation in Moldova, that we are all folowing closely" from Strasbourg, while himself had also informed the Moldoan Head of State/Government about the on-going CoE's own reform of the PanEuropean Organization itself.

President Marian Lupu is due to make also another, official visit to the CoE in Strasbourg  in the foreseeable Future, as he revealed. 

(NDLR : "DraftNews", as already sent to "EuroFora"'s Subscribers/Donors earlier. A complete and more accurate, Final Version might be published asap).