Asif Chaudhry
20 Years of Moldova’s independence: Looking back and forward
October 18, 2011To mark twenty years of Moldovan independence, on Oct. 5, 2011, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted in Washington, DC two panel sessions featuring scholars, civil society leaders, and former and current government officials from the United...
"Back to USSR": Moldovan journalist forced to make confession he was a spy
May 12, 2010By Corneliu Rusnac, AP Mouldovan authorities claimed Wednesday that a journalist arrested in a separatist province on spying charges had been forced into making a confession in a case that has prompted expressions of concern from the U.S. Ernest Vardanean...
U.S. speaks out on jailed journalist in Moldova's separatist Transdniester region
April 23, 2010The U.S. Embassy in Chisinau has said it remains "deeply concerned" by the arrest of an independent journalist in Moldova's separatist Transdniester region, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Ernest Vardanean, a freelance journalist from the...
U.S. voices concern at journalist's arrest in Moldova's Transdniester enclave
April 16, 2010U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry says he has spoken to the leader of Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region about last week's arrest of an independent journalist, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Chaudhry told RFE/RL on April 15 that he...
Transnistria KGB withholds details of arrested journalist
April 16, 2010Details of the detention of journalist Ernest Vardanyan shall not be made public till the end of investigation, Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov stated during his meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Moldova H.E. Mr. Asif J. Chaudhry here. "As...
U.S. Ambassador not allowed into separatist region of Moldova
February 12, 2010U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry was not allowed to enter the breakaway republic of Transnistria yesterday. He took the trip to attend a meeting that relaunched Moldovan-Transnistrian working groups meant to consolidate trust between the two...
U.S. Ambassador reassures Moldova over missile shield plans
February 10, 2010The U.S. ambassador to Moldova said today that a planned antimissile shield in neighboring Romania would only enhance the region's security and have absolutely no negative impact on Moldova, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Ambassador Asif J. Chaudhry...
Moldova, USA sign agreement extending US support for reforms
October 31, 2009Prime Minister Vladimir Filat and US Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry on Thursday signed an agreement providing for the extension of the US Government's continuous support for the democratic reforms and supremacy...
U.S. to provide assistance package to Moldova of $262M
September 29, 2009The U.S. Government is ready to provide financial assistance to Moldova to an amount of US$262 million within the Compact program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry stated...
Interview with Asif Chaudhry, the U.S. ambassador in Moldova
August 17, 2009U.S. Ambassador Sees Political Will For Reform In Moldova In the weeks since Moldova’s July 29 legislative elections, politicians have been huddling to find a way to form a new government and elect a president. With the economy badly hit by...