Swedish Foreign Minister and European Union Council head Carl Bildt met with Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat today.
Mr. Bildt said that the EU would like to start negotiations for an association agreement with Moldova that will be more "ambitious" than the previous one.
According to Mr. Filat, this agreement will include three major elements: a political agreement, especially when it comes to EU help for the resolution of the Transnistrian crisis; a free trade exchange agreement; and a liberalized visa regime.
At the moment, Moldovan citizens need visas to travel to any European Union country. The process of receiving visas often takes at least a few days and several trips to embassies in Chisinau if the country has a diplomatic office in the country, or to Bucharest, Moscow, or Kiev if there is no embassy in Chisinau.
Moldovan media outlets and analysts are saying that this new agreement is a first step toward Moldova's integration into the European Union.
h/t www.stireazilei.md
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