Meeting of the Parliamentary Committee of the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative will be held in Chisinau
The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova will host the Parliamentary Committee Meeting of the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative (CEI PA) on 23 May in Chisinau.
According to the press service of the Parliament in Chisinau, the meeting will be attended by representatives of 11 member countries of the organization: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Ukraine. During the event, parliamentarians will debate the issue of energy security in the ECI member states in the wake of the Russian Federation's war of aggression against Ukraine and the impact of this war on the European path of EU candidate countries.
At the opening of the meeting, the participants will be welcomed by the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Grosu, the acting President of the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative, Igor Chiriac, and the Secretary General of the ECI, Roberto Antonione.
At the end of the discussions, the final document of the meeting will be adopted, which will encourage regional cooperation in the field of energy security and in furthering the European integration path of EU candidate countries.
"The Republic of Moldova holds the Presidency of the Central European Initiative. The CEI is the oldest and largest intergovernmental forum for regional cooperation in Central Europe, promoting political, economic, cultural and scientific cooperation between member states. The political cooperation objective of the ECI is to provide countries and their institutions with a flexible platform for regional cooperation, while focusing on preparing them for future accession to the European Union ", the press release states.
The Republic of Moldova has been a member of the Central European Initiative since 1996.
