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The signing of the agreement between the Romanian and Moldovan Governments on border traffic is a sign of the relaunch of the ties between the two states, after the power change in Chisinau, said on Friday interim PM Emil Boc in a joint press conference with Moldovan counterpart, Vlad Filat.

The new Moldovan premier was for the first time in Bucharest since he was sworn in in September 2009. He participated in the Summit of the Central European Initiative Summit, on which occasion he had high-level bilateral meetings and signed the Agreement on small border traffic, whose negotiation had been delayed by the former communist authorities.

PM Emil Boc said that by the discussions of Bucharest, the two states relaunched the economic ties, the cultural, diplomatic ties, by a range of joint projects. At the same time, the two officials established the resumption of the activity of the joint committees in joint fields such as energy, SMEs, in the cultural and diplomatic sector.

The head of the Romanian government stressed that Romania has already designated general consuls for the two consulates of the cities of Cahul and Balti, which are to start activity in January 2010 at the latest.

The Romanian Premier thanked his Moldovan counterpart for the policy of opening which he immediately promoted after his installation and for the cancellation of the decisions taken by the communist authorities by which former ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Moldova had been declared persona non-grata.

In turn, Moldovan Premier Vlad Filat said that he was very excited when he arrived in Romania and said that the new ruling is aware of the responsibility it has for relaunching the Moldovan-Romanian ties, deteriorated during the communist ruling.

'We are aware of the responsibility we have for relaunching our relations, which have to be natural and of the responsibility Moldova has to have for the European integration, so that the Moldovan citizens benefit from rights, liberties and European values,' said Vlad Filat.

I am confident our future will be to the benefit of our citizens,' said the Moldovan Premier.

Premier Emil Boc and Vlad Filat on Friday signed the Agreement on Small Border Traffic. Also signed were the Intergovernmental agreement on the check points at the state border between Romania and the Republic of Moldova and the Protocol amending the Intergovernmental Agreement on promotion and mutual protection of investments. AGERPRES