The meeting touched upon the key areas of cooperation and reiterated the key sectors of interest for Moldovan and Romanian businesses.
The participating companies mentioned about the implementation and the importance and of the Association Agreement signed between the EU and the RM and ratified in the Moldovan Parliament which offers a lot of opportunities to Moldovan producers and exporters in the context of Market diversification, standards improving, etc.
Mr. Cirica Emil, Executive Director of Investment, and regional development division expressed openness to support Romanian companies from Brasov district in expanding their business in Moldova especially under the newly created political context. "In a similar manner we are open to consider business offers of the Moldovan agro producers under quite often tough shortage of locally produced agro-products", explained the official.
"Romania is the closest EU Member country which is an important trading partner for the RM. There were already a couple of matchmaking and business networking events organized between EBA and partner organizations from Romania which led to concrete business cooperation contracts. In 2013 EBA has supported 30 companies with contacts in Romania and vice versa. Now we are strongly supporting Moldova producers to find contacts in Romania and attract Romanian and International companies operating in Romania to explore the RM of Moldova as an investment target", mentioned Mariana Rufa, Executive Director of EBA Moldova.