Moldovan acting president Mihai Ghimpu to visit Romania
Moldovan acting President Mihai Ghimpu will pay an official visit to Bucharest on 27-28 April following an invitation by Romanian President Traian Basescu, the presidential press service has said.
After arriving in Bucharest in the morning of 27 April, Ghimpu will lay a wreath of flowers at the Grave of Unknown Soldiers in the park Carol I.
Subsequently, Mihai Ghimpu will have a face-to-face meeting with Romanian President Traian Basescu at the Cotroceni Palace, which will be followed by discussions between the two sides' official delegations. Next on, the two leaders are expected to sign a range of bilateral cooperation agreements and to make press statements.
In Bucharest, Ghimpu will also meet the chairman of the Romanian senate, Mircea Geoana, and the chairwoman of the Chamber of Deputies, Roberta Anastase, with the sides due to sign a protocol of cooperation between the Moldovan and Romanian parliaments. Under the agenda, Mihai Ghimpu will deliver a speech during an enlarged meeting of the Romanian parliament, which will be attended by heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Bucharest.
Acting President Mihai Ghimpu will have an official dinner with Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc.
Also on 27 April, Ghimpu will meet Romanian business people, representatives of the Chamber of Trade and Industry and Bucharest general mayor Sorin Oprescu. After this, Mihai Ghimpu will be awarded the title Doctor Honoris Causa at the department of Law of the Bucharest-based university.
In the morning of 28 April, Mihai Ghimpu will meet Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church Daniel, after which the Moldovan official delegation will head to Suceava and Iasi. Mihai Ghimpu and Traian Basescu will lay wreaths of flowers at the grave of Moldova's medieval ruler Stefan cel Mare in the monastery Putna and will have a meeting with Archbishop of Suceava and Radauti, Priest Melchisedec, Abbot of the monastery Putna.
In Iasi, Ghimpu is set to meet local authorities and to pay a visit to the university Alexandru Ioan Cuza to meet students and the institution's leadership.
The Moldovan official delegation accompanying Ghimpu to Romania includes Foreign and European Integration Minister Iurie Leanca, Economics Minister Valeriu Lazar, Transport and Road Infrastructure Minister Anatolie Salaru, Education Minister Leonid Bujor, Environment Minister Gheorghe Salaru, Labour, Social Protection and Family Minister Valentina Buliga, Construction and Regional Development Minister Marcel Raducan, Youth and Sport Minister Ion Cebanu, the presidential adviser on foreign policy and European integration, Oleg Bodrug, Chisinau general mayor Dorin Chirtoaca and others.
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