Moldovan President Offers To Sign Declaration On Strategic Partnership With Russia

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st November, 2018) Moldovan President Igor Dodon has offered to sign a declaration on strategic partnership with Russia in the near future.

"I consider it necessary to sign a joint declaration on strategic partnership in the near future and create a joint committee at a high political level that will be engaged in a comprehensive discussion of strategic issues," Dodon said at a plenary session in the Russian State Duma.

Russia has been and will be a strategic partner of Moldova, Dodon stressed.

Moldova, a parliamentary republic, has long been experiencing a stand-off between the president and the government over the country's foreign policy. Dodon, who took office as president of Moldova on December 23, 2016, insists on rapprochement with Russia, while the parliamentary majority and the government stick to a pro-Western course in foreign policy.