been evidence various times gender norm julie also vi vi, and prime minister and fitness get over our heads and we see the abutment support for moldova, by all stakeholders who met here today. it's not enough to to provide one off support. it's going to be a long war. it's a long crises. and this links up to the reform efforts that are underway in moldova, which you are already carrying out prime minister, govern lisa, and which you are going to continue. and i also like to draw your attention at this juncture did if ya, to the support of refugees and the provision of help to refugees in or if i miss it, they have already hinted to this. and we also want has help mold of i to achieve energy independence. we're going to go further into detail later in the afternoon

in order to develop a robust co operation and partnership. so that mode of i can see it's southern and t, a guaranteed without having to rely on energy sources from outside which they cannot control. so in conclusion, it's about solidarity. it's about a well understood self interest in security because the security of all of our is the security thing is all the early suburban europe enough, we're organizing this very timely conference as we meet here in berlin for this lendmark event. indeed, the, this is against the background of the aggravation of the security situation in your grain. and so also against the background of what we have discovered in terms of work crimes in this country. and i would like to reiterate the fact,

it is absolutely clear that russia is responsible for this crimes committed in a, in an area of grain which was under its occupation when describes, were committed. indeed, all perpetrators must be brought to justice and i renewed the appeal that i made yesterday for the prosecutor of the international criminal court to send immediately a team of investigators on the ground in order to collect evidence. in order for the investigation to be based on very solid proof. and romania continues to work side by side with its partners, with france, with germany and all are the bonus within the european union in order to increase the pressure on russia in order to stop this illegal war of aggression against ukraine. it is imperative, especially against the background of what we have seen in the past days to massacre in butch and other towns of ukraine, that this illegal aggression stopped immediately. and at the same time,

we gather here in berlin for this very important conference. because the war in ukraine, which was illegally started by russia, produces consequences also beyond the borders of ukraine. and this consequences are also well creating difficulties to countries like the republic of moldova, which is the most effective direct neighbour of green. i am deeply honored to a co chair to day this conference together with my german and french godson and france. and i am very glad that we are able to launch this moldova support platform and to mobilize importance. international assistance for the republic of mil dover, my firm believe is that through this conference and the launching of the mold of our support platform, we managed to send a powerful message of firm support for and engagement with the authorities. in case

you know, this conference is not just a one off event, we are here for the long hold list and work with our moldova in france. and that is why the initiative launched today here in berlin will help address both pressing challenges, but also medium and long term development needs for the republic of moldova. as we all know, the republicans, moldova was in, is confronted with several overlapping crisis and challenges. and with a financial financing gap that threatened the government's ability to implement the reforms because committed to that is why kish now needs our immediate and decisive support. and that's why we are here today, united and determined to move to another stage. the assistance for the republic of moldova, i welcomed during the conference the you and international support that was so swift and consistent so far, but more needs to be done,

including by relocating refugees from the republican, moldova. let me brief you on the main points i have shared with my colleagues during during the conference 1st, i have informed about the support that romania is providing by literally to the republic of. moreover, more precisely, a support package of grants that comprises 100000000 euro for development projects, which we will soon start to implement. it was agreed recently during the romania republic of model of our joint government meeting in kitchen now in february, 2nd, substantial in kind, humanitarian assistance more than 72 tons for the refugees that found shelter on the day, tory of the republic of moldova donation of large quantities of fuel and tar worth of 3800000 euro. a step that we have of course, coordinated with our mold of and colleagues. and it is meant to strengthen the republic of most of us energy security. in a complicated context, end of the same's, at the same time i have announced to day that romania decided to grant fresh money

to support the budget of the republic of moldova, at this critical times, more precisely, an additional grant of $10000000.00 euro. second i shared romania as vision on certain key key priorities. we need to focus on the longer term in support of the republic of moldova. more precisely robust financial assistance which is essential to help the authorities cope with the energy crisis to stabilize public finances and very importantly, support the objective of implementing reforms strengthened rule of law modernized, public institutions sustained the standard of living. then on energy security, i stressed that we should look at developing local energy generating capacities to strengthening electricity interconnections as well as guess connectivity inside the republic of moldova and to support gas supply diversification. i also reiterated the proposal for a support group for the republic of moldova to be crated within the european commission to help better coordinate and articulate

e u. n e e member states assistance for the republic of model. and 3rd, i read their id romania as firm support for a clear recognition of the republic of mode of us european perspective. not just because of the current exceptional circumstances, but because of the clear genuine commitment of the government in additional and for a 4th only a few words about the remain delegation, which is a journey me have a deputy minister of justice will co chair this afternoon. the round table dedicated the fight against corruption, a deputy minister of internal affairs who will bring the input to the round table on humanitarian situation of refugees. and we also co chair the fight against corruption working group in order to transfer expertise in the field of justice and rule of law reform and support the adaptation of the legislation of the republic of moldova to you,

or keep one more word about the program that we are launching this year, a professional training program for ref, 4 judges and prosecutors held by the romanian national institute of the magistracy, which is financed by the romanian ministry of foreign affairs. last but not least, let me fornia that as i have announced during the conference, romania will be happily the co host of the next ministerial conference of the mold of our support platform in bucharest, in the next couple of months. thank you so much. thank you very much prime minister please. excellency's dear and elena, yours or leave deerbrook than 1st of all let me express my gratitude but also the gratitude of the mold of and people for organizing the moldova support platform conference co hosted by germany, france and romania. we are deeply appreciate this rapid response to our call

for support. we have always felt the friendship and the support of european countries towards moldova. european countries have been close to us during the pandemic. the european union reacted very rapidly with substantial support when our country was hit by the economic crisis and the energy crisis. both these crisis is have shown to the entire world and especially to the citizens of mold over how important is to build and consolidate the resilience of our country on multiple dimensions. you know until the 24th of february, in my public express, it made my public statements i used the expression. ah, moldova is in the center of a perfect storm. when i talked about 3 cases that mold over was facing the pandemic

crisis, the energy crisis. and inflation or the price crisis. i couldn't even imagine that what would follow would be a new crisis which is more devastated and tragic for our region. after the 24th of february, the political and economic landscape in the entire world has changed. and especially from old over this heads, dramatic consequences. this unjustifiable war on ukraine has provoked in just one month, losses of human lives, destructions without president in ukraine, but also important social economic and security consequences for our country. from the very beginning, the republic of moldova has condemned this unjustifiable war against a crane, which is a blatant violation of international law. we have shown

through our support and co sponsorship of a un resolutions, but also in other for international fora. their support for ukraine's independent sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders . but what is important is that with the few human and financial resources that no longer has, we have done everything possible to show solidarity with the millions of people who are fleeing the war law. since the beginning of the war, 400000 people have crossed mold of as borders, and the 100000 people has decided to stay in moldova. and almost half of them are children. these are vulnerable populations. at the same time,

we can't forget about the well being of our own citizens. their reforms that we have promised when we were invested independently of the crisis, is that we face have to be implemented and show to the citizens of the republic of moldova. that perhaps with a slight delay, but they will enjoy the changes and the development that they have voted for in the last presidential and parliamentary elections. we have requested to be part of the european union family, and this is an expression of our firm attachment to the values and aspirations that to make to be part of the free world. this is a very natural step for our country. we want to be part of the european union because we believe in

a development based on democratic institutions are good governance, justice reform and the rule of law. and we are ready to do our homework to achieve this type of development. are we know that this is the only way in which we can keep our promises to our people and ensure a better standard of living, a better life for them in moldova, at home, in the short term, faced with these crisis, however, we need to make sure that we insure the resilience of the country and to day the citizens of moldova can be proud. what we've heard in this conference is a profound appreciation for their efforts to support the refugees. what we've heard today is a willingness to help. we've heard about the willingness to

receive refugees and insure the green corridors and we are very grateful for the effort so far. and for this firm, doubling down on the number of people that could be received. we've also heard about supports that could be scaled up and we are very grateful for the announcement of her budget support out of by the european union, 53000000 euros to help in this crisis. but also the ground support that has been announced by other countries, or some of it directly to the, the mold of and government, including through the donations account, some of its through international organizations. and some of its a through international non governmental organizations. we do have a vision and a plan to ensure the resilience of the country and to remain part of the free world

. we have projects that are meant to increase the competitiveness of our companies or in terms of their access to european markets. we're talking here about we're increasing productivity, digitalization, green, transformation, quality infrastructure and so on. we also have to act very fast as was mentioned here, to increase energy security through more and energy efficiency, diversification, or we have been connected to the european transportation network. and so he but we do have to accelerate our projects and to connect with high voltage lions to romania these interconnection projects that remain a priority or for us despite these prices. we also take very seriously,

are there prospect of building new production capacities and to really contribute to the green transformation of europe through investing in renewables and alternative energy sources. our agricultural producers also need assistance because they have lost markets about 15 percent of mold of us trade was with ukraine. russia and bella was before the war. and even last week, we've adopted a new package of measures to insure the viability of an agricultural companies and to ensure that the, the, the local market pre provision is not under risk. at the same time, we think that we can be a competitive provider of quality agricultural products and we will work together

with our partners to ensure facilitation of trades or to remove a export quote us to ensure that together we have better a logistics networks, better transportation, corridors and so on. at the same time, we understand that we stand at the border of europe, security and we are dealing with transporter challenges, ensuring the cig public security within the country, and also working towards ah, resilience in combating hybrid threats such as cyber sick is improving cybersecurity and combating dis information on fake news. we are also building social resilience. this is very important. during these times. for many years, moldova has been known as the poorest country in europe, or where the most vulnerable will be people were left behind. now we are working on

target to the mechanisms to really help those vulnerable both refugees and mold of and families. in this way, you know, we want to develop her in a convergence with the european union countries. and all the efforts of the mold of and governments are directed towards this goal. i am certain that together through this unity and solidarity that we have seen at the conference to day we will overcome. thank you. yank, you am tighter only to frontier, still comp online fronds doors from villa on hand. and that was the joint press conference by the foreign ministers of germany, france and romania, and the prime minister of a mole dover with regard to a home much money and other support mold, the tiny country of mold over the past,

just to knock 1000000 inheritance can get from her, their big neighbors are with me in the studio now to talk about orders is a little shar subletting correspondence. so we got to go through re what everybody said, but what was your key take away from this press conference? well, i thank them. it was definitely a show of unity. and so just like for a minister on, on, on that in a burbock, it said dis, shows that there's a joint european vision in that's a situation that we've just had a prime minister of mil dover. and describing the situation her country finds itself in, it's the center of the perfect storm. she said on top of the pan there make energy and inflation crises comes a dramatic war and unjustifiable war. she said with dramatic consequences. and we saw her colleagues talking about how they would react to it was definitely

a show of unity. we had a foreign minister french for him in a cerebral young talking about the package of sanctions that is being discussed and said that's a oral and coal needed. absolutely. to be part of that package. so that's already a big announcement. we've also had a foreign minister of romania bugged. an artist cool, talking about the crime is being committed. he said, i could, it is absolutely clear doubt. russia is responsible for those crimes. and he also said that all perpetrators must be brought to it just just is there must for faith and international court. and as finally, we had very strong words for a, from a, for in the so german foreign minister are not in our bare book. and she said that this was a criminal war of aggression in our immediate neighborhood. she talked about a horrible reality in human images. and she also said that this, oh to never be normalized, ever. there was

a very clear message from all for saying that no country should be subjected to the arbitrary will of others. you mentioned earlier, babel who opened that press conference and she ended her statement on a very strong note. she said, we are at the beginning of this crisis our so she's are clearly oh, seeing this as a longer period of instability, at least exactly germany and it's western allies are bracing themselves for a very tumultuous times their heads and it was in noah sentence words that's a german 5 minutes and then in a burbock said that european values needed to be asserted right now. unity i needed to be asserted against what she called an arbitrary war. i'm also berber burbock mentioned something of that. i think she had those sort of covered the 5 areas that there were beer being discussing. the most important of which i think is

of course a distribution of refugees. there were lots of problems with that were back in 2015 when this big wave of refugees arrived in europe from, from syria. ah, what did she say, brother? on that was very interesting out because before the european union could never manage to agree on the mecan is a muff redistribution of refugees reaching europe and all of a sudden with this particular crisis and these dramatic situation happening on european so well, it seems that it has unblocked something at the european leather, it's very important because the european union and its allies are no willing to act, to activate this mechanism of a redistribution of refugees or proportionally to what each country can do. so this is a significant step forward for the european union, for the europe or european continent. speaking of the european continent, the european union, what stood out for me as well,

is that both miss or rescue live for minister or of romanian. of course, prime minister. gov really are sort of reiterated the wish of a mold over to join the you. is that gonna be easy because you have to bring something to the table as well to join this club on you. well if you do, but i thing moldova and it has been l so loaded by another number above moldova has provided a lot of efforts and it also said, reiterated it's fam attachment to the european union in the words of her natalia gave really tell her to be part of what she called to free. well, just to or, you know, those are the words of you as president joe biden. as she also said that mil dover believed in the development based on democratic institutions on the rule of law. and she stated once again that moldova was ready to do his homework. and if we look at moldova where it is placed on a mark,

of course it is next to award on country that is a today's ukraine, but it's also a door to europe as it is a neighbor of a romania. so it has a very strategic position which has to be considered by the european union. it is making every effort it can to join to you and also being sandwich between romania and ukraine to some said. and we've discussed this earlier with our correspond christine manuel, who was actually a mold over at the moment i asked her whether moldova jones would be, are worried about being so close to that setting. and should russia be able to annex the of the whole of her ukraine? they might be next on on pollutants target list. do you think that are since it is not a member of the e. u. moldova is not a member of nato cunningham at rely. you think on the help of either of them, i think it has not ever has every right to be where he had given his geographic

situation and it's economic situation. a prime minister and natalia gave really tell was reminding that there is a $100000.00 refugees for in proportionally to the population of mill dover. this is a huge number and it's one of the poorest countries on the european continent. so does, moldova has every right to be worried about, you know, future invasions, we not that far yet, but it has every right to a require further health, a health, which is it hard. it has become today in the form of a, between other things, donations donations, amounting to 695000000 euros a. this is to do with the influx of refugees from ukraine, but also to deal with their own development and to strength trainer strengths under the rule of law in there. yeah. and also it is also to deal with its energy situation. it is, it is as of now heavily reliant of

a rush and gas supplies and western allies. i are aiming at helping. we'll do that to become independent from these russian gas. or we did speak about refugees. you just just mentioned them. of course, one of the biggest problem that though moldova is currently facing, just to round this off, you've been to our b ukrainian polish border with, with refugees. you've seen many of them arriving many of them children. what do you think? very briefly about that situation. alright, well i've seen day, we the, i have to have support a to a school children who are here, half of the refugees in moldova, are children. they need financial support for that. and this is, you know, we're not gonna get out of that situation any time soon. so projects need to be thought of in the long run immanuel shells did of equal to close one. thank you

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