Romania and EU partners will continue to strongly support Moldova's energy security and European path

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) showed that the assistance package of the EU for the Republic of Moldova will support the citizens in the neighbouring country in order to surpass the energy crisis. ‘Romania and the EU partners will continue to firmly support the energy security and the European road of the Republic of Moldova, as well as its resilience against Russia’s attempts to destabilisation’ MAE said.   ‘Romania welcomes the EU assistance package worth 30 million euro for the Republic of Moldova which offers an important support to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova in order to surpass the energy crisis. Romania and the EU partners will continue to firmly support the energy security and the European road of the Republic of Moldova, as well as its resilience against Russia’s attempts to destabilization. The emergency aid is a proof of the strong European commitment to the Republic of Moldova, as a candidate state. Romania will continue to be together with the Republic of Moldova’, shows MAE in a post on X platform.   The premier of the Republic of Moldova, Dorin Recean, announced on Monday in a press conference that ‘ the European Union saves the Republic of  Moldova again’, offering a support package which also convers a solution for the gas crisis in Transniester.   The EU support package has three parts and ‘the immediate part’ includes the approval for a ‘loan’ of gas for Transniester.   It is about three million cubic metres of gas, which will be destined to Transniester, to keep pressure in the natural gas system in the region. ‘This will offer us time until 31 January 2025’ mentioned premier Dorin Recean. Earlier, the unrecognised administration in Tiraspol had announced that it would examine the possibility of granting 3 million cubic metres of gas to the region. According to Tiraspol, Tiraspoltransgaz has undertaken to return the gas later or pay for it. In other words, it would be gas "on debt", writes NewsMaker.   Another part of the EU support package, said premier Recean, says that the EU will offer Kishinev during the period 1 -10 February a grant of 30 million euro so acquire gas volumes, to produce electricity in the Cuciurgan unit at ‘ anti-crisis costs’ and consumption on the left bank of the Dniester be ensured. ‘ The EU offers a grant of 30 million euro to acquire volumes of natural gas during this period, to produce electricity for the right bank at anti-crisis costs and to ensure consumption for the left bank of the Dniester – natural gas and production of electricity’ Recean said.   The third part of the package refers to a programme of energy resilience for the next two years. ‘This package has two basic components: 1.The necessary investment both for the production and the distribution of electricity to ensure that we have electricity and we cannot be blackmailed. 2: measures for the reduction of tariffs for electricity for all the citizens of the Republic of Moldova. This complete programme is going to be finalized in the next weeks and we will come with a public announcement for concrete sums, and the development programme’ Recean said.