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Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Popșoi will visit Brussels and Budapest. He will have meetings with top European officials

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Popșoi will visit Brussels and Budapest between March 19-22. The head of Moldovan diplomacy will have meetings with several European officials.

"On March 19, in Brussels, I will have meetings with the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, with the European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood, Olivér Várhelyi, but also with members of the European Parliament", wrote Mihai Popșoi on his Telegram channel.

Also, the minister will meet with the deputy general secretary of NATO, Mircea Geoană, but he did not specify which topics will be addressed.

On March 22, he will also go to Budapest, where he will have a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto. The two will sign the Action Plan regarding the exchange of knowledge regarding the process of accession to the European Union between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova.

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