📋 Tender Overview
Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu held a telephone conversation yesterday 18 March with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova Nicu Popescu and assured him of Estonias support for the constitutional order and sovereignty of Moldova.Popescu briefed Reinsalu on the situation in the country and Moldovas security assistance needs.Reinsalu confirmed the readiness of the Estonian state to assist Moldova and confirmed that he will raise the issue of Moldova at the meeting of EU foreign ministers this Monday. Estonia has seen repeated attempts by Russia to destabilize the Republic of Moldova and weaken the countrys democratic institutions. We are following developments in Moldova closely and take these developments seriously he added.Reinsalu also stressed the need for the EU to create a separate sanctions mechanism to deter Russian oligarchs who are agents of influence. We see Russias attempts to destabilize the Republic of Moldova as having a significant impact on European security. Therefore we urgently need to create a sanctions mechanism that would allow to add to the sanctions list those persons who are destabilizing the situation in Moldova the Estonian Foreign Minister said.Estonia will continue to support Moldova through various development cooperation projects both bilaterally and with the assistance measure of the European Peace Facility which has been implemented by Estonian institutions. Moldova has been one of Estonias priority target countries for development cooperation since 2006 and Estonias total contribution has been more than 10 million euros. This year the budget for development cooperation is EUR 440 000 and the priority is to support Moldova in its activities related to EU accession.
