Chisinau – ESI meeting Moldova Prime Minister and key ministers

17 April 2023
IWM’s Europe’s Futures fellows with Prime Minister Dorin Recean (centre). Photo: IWM
IWM’s Europe’s Futures fellows with Prime Minister Dorin Recean (centre). Photo: IWM

ESI's Kristof Bender participated in a visit to Chisinau organised from 17 to 20 April 2023 by the IWM's Europe's Future's programme. Kristof and his fellowship colleagues met with government officials, including Prime Minister Dorin Recean, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicu Popescu, Energy Minister Victor Parlicov, State Secretary Veronica Arpintin at the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization as well as various government advisers, diplomats and civil society representatives.

Discussions focused on the impact of the war in Ukraine, developments in Transnistria, the energy sector as well as political and social developments.

Kristof with deputy prime minister and foreign minister Nicu Popescu. Photo: ESI
Kristof with deputy prime minister and foreign minister Nicu Popescu. Photo: ESI
Chisinau. Photo: Kristof Bender/ESI
Chisinau. Photo: Kristof Bender/ESI
Presidential palace, Chisinau. Photo: Kristof Bender/ESI
Presidential palace, Chisinau. Photo: Kristof Bender/ESI